The Paleto Score #34

3.34. The Paleto Score

This is the heist where you rob Blaine County Savings. There is only one approach, and you already picked the gunman during planning.

3.34.1. Overview

  • Setup: Military Equipment
  • It opens after you finish The Paleto Score - Planning, and you play it as either Michael or Trevor. You take the gear from an army convoy heading to Fort Zancudo through the Grand Senora Desert.
  • The convoy moves as one Barracks and two Crusaders. The route is chosen at random between the road that starts south of Harmony and the road that follows the Zancudo River, and the two roads meet at the base entrance.
  • Take out the escort and steal the Barracks carrying two equipment crates. It is tougher than a normal Barracks, but it can still be wrecked, so use explosives carefully.
  • You do not get a wanted level unless you enter Fort Zancudo. Parking the Barracks behind Trevor's office at the meth lab finishes the mission.
  • Gold medal
  • 5 headshots: if you blow up both Crusaders, you will not have enough enemies left to shoot.
  • Stop the convoy with a sticky-bomb trap: block the road ahead of the convoy with a car, lay sticky bombs on the road in front of that, and detonate them when the lead Crusader approaches.
  • You fail if the convoy reaches the base, or if the Barracks is destroyed or stuck. Leaving the gear behind fails it as well.
  • What unlocks the finale
  • You have to finish both the setup mission Military Equipment and the story mission Predator, in either order.
  • Payout
  • The money you take from the bank is always $8,016,020, but some of it is lost during the escape no matter how well you play. The FIB takes 78% of that bank take, so the maximum net is $1,763,524.
  • Lester's cut is 12%. If you used Daryl, each of the three protagonists receives about $464,395, and if you used Norm, about $455,577.

3.34.2. The job

The three protagonists and the gunman drive a Burrito to Paleto Bay. The original plan was for Franklin to take the money by boat and slip out to sea, so they drop Franklin off near the dock and the rest go into the bank.

  • Inside the bank
  • Trevor shoots out a security camera and the alarm goes off. While Michael and Trevor hold the customers, the gunman heats the vault door with a torch, and Michael kicks the weakened door open.
  • Meanwhile two sheriffs arrive, and after Trevor fires a warning shot, backup surrounds the bank.
  • Fighting through town
  • The three of them come out wearing the heavy body armor taken from the convoy, and Trevor carries a minigun. Take out the police and the police helicopter. The helicopter crashes into a nearby apartment.
  • Past the collapsed building and the backyards, NOOSE officers show up. Push along the main road toward the construction site, and shoot down fences that block you.
  • If you picked a rookie gunman, around this point he is hit by a police car and crushed against a wall. Pick up the weapon beside the body and the money bag holding about $2,500,000. A skilled gunman means that police car never appears.
  • The army and the bulldozer
  • The army brings in several Rhino tanks and troops, and a Cargobob passes overhead slinging one Rhino. Hold on as Michael or Trevor.
  • With the harbor blocked, you cannot escape by boat, so Franklin finds a bulldozer at a nearby construction site and drives it over. During this stretch you lose about $20,000 no matter who you fight as.
  • Once Michael and Trevor climb onto the bulldozer blade, switch to Franklin and drive it to the Cluckin' Bell factory while avoiding the tanks.
  • The factory and the train
  • Fight through the soldiers inside the factory to the rail platform. If the gunman is still alive he holds some of the soldiers outside, but if he is dead the three of you have to deal with all of them.
  • While you hold off the last troops, a train comes in and you climb aboard. Getting off at Sandy Shores, Andreas Sanchez takes the FIB's cut, and the mission is complete.
  • Finishing it puts the MG and the minigun on sale at Ammu-Nation, and it unlocks Derailed. The Cluckin' Bell stock drops about 40%, then rises again after you finish ending C.
  • Gold medal
  • Fire at least 4,000 rounds
  • Trevor's minigun is essential.
  • Accuracy of at least 50%
  • Turn on Michael's special ability and aim for the torso. A shotgun is easier to hit with than the minigun.
  • Finish within 16 minutes
  • Keep moving forward without stopping.
  • Cause $1,000,000 of damage in Paleto Bay
  • When you first leave the bank, shoot the pumps at the gas station on the left and the station explodes. After that, keep wrecking cars with Trevor's minigun and the damage total builds.
  • Reasons for failure
  • A protagonist dies or is busted, you leave the crew behind, the heist is exposed, or you abandon the heist
  • The Burrito is destroyed, a getaway vehicle is destroyed, or the bulldozer is destroyed or abandoned
  • A crew member misses the train

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