The Jewel Store Job #11

3.11. The Jewel Store Job

This is the first heist Michael and Franklin pull. In the planning mission you pick the approach and the crew, and once you finish the setup missions for that approach you rob Vangelico.

3.11.1. Overview

  • Planning: scope the jewelry store
  • It opens after you finish Friend Request. Michael picks up Lester and drives to Vangelico.
  • Inside the store, photograph the following with the glasses camera.
  • Alarm device
  • Vents and security cameras
  • Then go up to the roof through the building under construction, photograph the ventilation equipment, and return to the garment factory.
  • You fail in these cases.
  • You enter the store with a wanted level
  • You are spotted holding a weapon, or your cover is blown
  • You are spotted going behind the counter or into the manager's office, or a worker spots you running on the sidewalk
  • You skip the roof check
  • Lester dies or you leave him behind, a store worker or guard dies, or the car is destroyed or stuck
  • Gold medal
  • Finish within 8 minutes
  • Get all 3 security devices in one photo: looking straight at the keypad puts the three devices together in the corners of the frame.
  • Approach and crew
  • On the planning board at the garment factory, pick Loud or Smart. The setup missions open after you finish Daddy's Little Girl.
  • For the crew, pick one driver, one gunman, and one hacker.
  • Driver: Eddie (14%) guides the route and brings off-road bikes suited to the tunnel. Karim (8%) gives no guidance, and the bikes he brings struggle in the mud.
  • Gunman: Gustavo (14%) and Packie (12%) do not drop jewels, and they keep the hostages under control. You have to finish a random event before you can hire Packie.
  • On both approaches, Norm (7%) falls off the bike before the tunnel, drops his bag, and a death fee is charged as well.
  • Hacker: before the alarm sounds, Rickie (4%) buys 50 seconds, Christian (10%) buys 1 minute, and Paige (15%) buys 1 minute 30 seconds. After Friend Request, Michael has to answer Rickie's call before you can pick him.
  • The highest payout is Smart with Karim, Packie, and Rickie. Michael receives $1,223,073, and Franklin receives $293,539.
  • Shared by both approaches
  • You have to steal at least $3,300,000 in jewels to pay off the debt. If you come up short, you fail.
  • After you grab the jewels, you get a four-star wanted level. As Franklin, follow the crew on a bike into the tunnel and through the sewer.
  • Picking up the bag Norm dropped does not cut the payout, but the death fee still comes out.
  • Police cars are waiting when you come out at the Los Santos River. As Michael, drive the truck, push the police cars aside, and protect the crew.
  • Load the bikes onto the truck and go to Lester's warehouse to finish. Of the payout, $2,500,000 goes to Madrazo, Lester takes 14%, and Franklin takes 12%.
  • The gold medal goals are the same for both approaches.
  • Steal the jewels within 50 seconds: you do not need all of them, just at least $3,300,000, and you have to leave the store within 50 seconds. Shooting the glass skips the breaking animation, and turning the special ability on before you smash the cases saves more time.
  • Protect Franklin in the river chase: during the chase, Franklin only has to avoid being killed by the police.
  • Clear all 20 display cases: use Packie or Gustavo as the gunman, and if you picked Loud, choose Eddie as the driver.
  • Both approaches fail in these cases.
  • Michael or Franklin dies or is busted, or a crew member dies or is abandoned
  • The jewelry store closes, the police are called, or Michael does not get out of the store before the police arrive
  • The truck or a bike is destroyed, Franklin's bike is abandoned, or Franklin loses the crew
  • You abandon the heist

3.11.2. Loud

This approach goes in the front door armed. The only setup mission is the carbine rifles.

  • Setup: carbine rifles
  • When Lester texts you, hit the police tactical team truck circling the freeway, take out the armed guards, and steal the truck.
  • The moment you steal it, you get a three-star wanted level. Lose the police, then bring it to the garment factory.
  • You fail if you cannot get the truck back, the truck reaches the police station, or the truck is destroyed.
  • Gold medal: lose the wanted level within 2 minutes
  • Steal the truck near Los Santos Customs in Burton, then duck into the nearby subway tunnel to lose them.
  • The job
  • Franklin drives the van and drops Michael, the driver, and the gunman off in front of the store.
  • While the gunman holds the hostages, Michael and the driver clear the cases. Franklin waits outside with the bikes.
  • If you pick Karim, he misses some jewels and the take drops to about $4,500,000.
  • If you pick Norm, Michael has to stop the guard and the manager himself. You fail if the guard runs or the manager calls the police.
  • If you leave the store before the jewels are cleared, a warning tells you to go back.
  • Failure reasons only this approach has
  • The van is destroyed or abandoned
  • You leave Michael behind

3.11.3. Smart

This approach puts the people in the store to sleep with nerve gas, then you go in. There are two setup missions, and you have to finish both before the job opens.

  • Setup: Bugstars equipment
  • Steal a van from the Bugstars warehouse in south Los Santos and drop it at the garment factory.
  • Go in the front door and the workers come at you. If you have a weapon out, the workers run and you immediately get a two-star wanted level.
  • Sneak around the back and drop one worker with a stealth attack or a suppressed-pistol headshot, and you can drive the van out without being spotted.
  • Gold medal: steal the van without being spotted
  • Knock out the driver of the middle van and get out the back fast. If you drive the car close to the worker at the back, he hears it and spots you.
  • You fail in these cases.
  • The van is destroyed, stuck, or undrivable
  • You leave the van behind, or you abandon the mission
  • Setup: nerve gas grenade
  • Follow the Humane Labs van marked on the map and steal the van itself, or shoot the rear doors and take only the cargo.
  • Lose the police, then bring it to the garment factory to finish.
  • Gold medal: shoot the rear doors open and take the cargo
  • On the freeway, shoot the rear doors with a machine gun, and get clear as soon as they open. You get a one-star wanted level, and killing a guard makes it two stars.
  • You fail if the van gets away, or you miss the cargo or leave it behind.
  • The job
  • Michael drops Franklin off at the construction site by car, and the driver and gunman park the Bugstars van in front of the store.
  • As Franklin, cross the roofs and throw the nerve gas into the vent from the high point you climbed during the scoping.
  • Once the gas spreads, Michael, the driver, and the gunman clear the cases, and Franklin goes to get the bikes.
  • If you pick Norm, he drops a lot of jewels and the take drops to about $4,500,000.
  • Failure reasons only this approach has
  • You enter the store before throwing the gas
  • The nerve gas spreads into the street and the police notice, or Franklin runs out of nerve gas
  • A van or car is destroyed, a car is abandoned, or you leave Franklin behind

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