GTA San Andreas 100 Percent Checklist Complete

Checklist before you begin

Have these sorted before you begin; they cannot be fixed mid-run:

• ☐An hour or two per full set
• ☐A helicopter or plane for rooftop and mountain items
• ☐The Sonar Collections Dock or a submarine for anything underwater
• ☐A checklist for untracked sets
• ☐Story progress to the point where the relevant character or equipment is available

Reference table: San Andreas 100% guide

Before any opinion, the data:

Three rows carry most of the weight: GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas and GTA Liberty City Stories. The remaining entries explain the exceptions.

If two rows seem to conflict, the difference is usually platform or difficulty - both are noted where relevant.

Doing GTA San Andreas 100 percent the right way

Work through this once slowly, then it becomes a five-minute routine.

Before you start: the Sonar Collections Dock or a submarine for anything underwater; a helicopter or plane for rooftop and mountain items.

1. Open the Rockstar Social Club or the in-game Awards tab to see how many items are already counted.
2. Save after each region so a crash does not cost a full session.
3. Return for time-locked or weather-locked items last, because they need specific conditions.
4. Claim the reward: some unlocks need a phone call or a mission to trigger after the final item.

The first run of GTA San Andreas 100 percent takes the longest; by the third it is routine.

A common follow-up is GTA San Andreas oysters; it uses the same session setup.

Advanced tips

A few things about GTA San Andreas 100 percent that took us longer to learn than they should have:

1. Sonar on the submarine beeps faster as you near a collectible.
2. Director Mode lets you preview reward vehicles before you earn them.
3. Franklin's Chop can bark near some hidden items in the Chop app era.
4. Peyote plants and some events only exist on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X|S and PC - not the original PS3/360 versions.
5. The golden peyote needs 100 percent completion, foggy weather and the early-morning window on specific days.

A short history

A little lineage helps explain why GTA San Andreas 100 percent works the way it does:

• GTA III (2001): Liberty City; silent protagonist Claude; the first 3D GTA
• GTA Vice City (2002): 1986 Vice City; Tommy Vercetti voiced by Ray Liotta
• GTA Chinatown Wars (2009): Top-down DS and PSP entry with Huang Lee

By GTA V the series had settled its systems; most of what applies to GTA San Andreas 100 percent today was established between 2013 and the Enhanced editions.

Traps to sidestep

Avoiding these saves more time than any trick:

• Skipping the submarine and trying to free-dive to deep items
• Not saving between regions
• Assuming an online guide's numbering matches the in-game order
• Collecting with one character when the set is character-specific
• Missing time-of-day or weather conditions on special spawns

Several collectible sets unlock exclusive rewards - the Space Docker, the Go Go Monkey Blista, a 250,000 dollar bonus for nuclear waste - that never appear otherwise.

Printable checklist

The GTA San Andreas 100 percent essentials, in checkbox form:

• ☐Story progress to the point where the relevant character or equipment is available
• ☐A checklist for untracked sets
• ☐Unlock the required equipment first: the submarine for underwater items, a helicopter for...
• ☐Work region by region - north Blaine County, the Alamo Sea, central Los Santos, the coast...
• ☐Use the in-game map waypoint for each item and the expanded minimap to confirm the exact...

Which approach fits you

Three ways through GTA San Andreas 100 percent, ordered from least to most demanding:

Regional sweep

Divide the map into quadrants and clear each fully; the total drive time is lowest.

Condition-last

Leave weather- or time-locked items for the end and set the clock with sleep.

Vehicle-first

Get a helicopter early and do all elevated items in one flight.

Claims we tested

Claims about GTA San Andreas 100 percent that circulate, and what is actually true:

Myth: You need every collectible for 100 percent
Reality: Only specific sets count; hidden packages and others are optional.

Myth: The jetpack is hidden on Mount Chiliad in GTA V
Reality: The Chiliad mural teased it, but the only jetpack is the Thruster in GTA Online.

Myth: Bigfoot can be found anywhere
Reality: He appears in the Strangers and Freaks mission and as the golden peyote transformation under strict conditions.

Why players get GTA San Andreas 100 percent wrong

Rockstar hides GTA San Andreas 100 percent in places that reward curiosity - rooftops, sea floors, the backs of billboards - and the reward is usually a vehicle, a mission or a trophy you cannot get any other way.

• ✗Skipping the submarine and trying to free-dive to deep items
• ✗Collecting with one character when the set is character-specific
• ✗Missing time-of-day or weather conditions on special spawns

GTA San Andreas 100 percent: the basics

GTA San Andreas 100 percent is one of those tasks where a plan saves hours: the items are fixed, the map is big, and the only variable is the order you visit them in.

Collectibles count toward 100 percent, which is required for the golden peyote and a handful of other secrets.

Several collectible sets unlock exclusive rewards - the Space Docker, the Go Go Monkey Blista, a 250,000 dollar bonus for nuclear waste - that never appear otherwise.

For a worked example of the same idea, see GTA San Andreas territories.

Final word

Strip GTA San Andreas 100 percent down and it is a handful of facts and one sequence. The facts are in the table; the sequence is in the numbered list. Everything else on this page is insurance.

We update this page after Rockstar title updates and when readers report changes - the last-checked date is at the top.

For the next step, see GTA San Andreas cheats and GTA San Andreas military base.