Crop Dustin’

Giver
Dax
Location
Dax calls after you ask him for work; you begin in a helicopter near Los Santos

Dax wants a legal weed operation ruined, so you grab a load of herbicide, steal a crop duster and spray three farms. Afterward you take out a tanker and leave the area.

Before you start

Bring a partner or two; one flies while the other shoots at the Mavericks that chase you.

Fly low over the crops, but not so low that you clip the terrain.

Objectives

  1. Go to Mount Gordo.
  2. Collect the hazardous chemicals from the trunk of the Sadler.
  3. Go to Paleto Bay.
  4. Steal a Duster.
  5. Contaminate the weed farms.
  6. Destroy the tanker.
  7. Leave the area.

Crop Dustin’ walkthrough

Pick up the herbicide

Dax sends you to Mount Gordo, where a Sadler is parked with a trunk full of hazardous chemicals. Set the helicopter down near it, walk to the trunk and press the prompt to collect the chemicals. The pick-up is quiet, so you can take your time. With the herbicide loaded, the next marker points to Paleto Bay and the airfield beyond it.

Flying the helicopter over the coast on the way to Mount Gordo
Approaching the Sadler marker beside a highway
Standing at the Sadler loading the hazardous chemicals

Steal a Duster

The Dusters are parked on a beach airstrip and guarded by armed men. Scout from a distance with a sniper rifle or from the helicopter, and thin the guards before you land. Once the area is clear, step up to a Duster and climb in. The herbicide is added to it automatically, and you can spray as much as you need.

Climbing out of the helicopter at the airstrip
Looking through a scope at the guarded planes near the beach
On foot beside the helicopter with a Duster parked nearby
Standing at the nose of the Duster ready to take off

Contaminate the farms

A counter at the bottom right shows how many farms remain. Fly low over each marked field and hold the spray button; a Crop Health bar drains as the chemicals land. Anything inside the red square on the map counts, so a slow, level pass works best. Guards on the ground shoot at you, and attack helicopters join in once the first farm falls, so keep moving and stay close to the ground. If your plane is destroyed, a new Duster appears so you can carry on.

Lifting off in the Duster with three farms remaining
Flying along the coast toward the first farm
Starting the spray run with the Crop Health bar showing
A weed farm contaminated with two farms still to go
Spraying a mountainside farm while the Crop Health bar drains
Spraying the last farm with one farm remaining

Destroy the tanker

After the final farm, Dax tells you to destroy a tanker. Switch to the Buzzard Attack Chopper and follow the marker to the target. Keep your distance, fire in short bursts and watch for the extra guards around it. Destroying the tanker earns you a two-star wanted level, so head out of the marked area right away; the mission ends as soon as you leave it.

Flying the Buzzard Attack Chopper toward the tanker past a roadside motel
Closing in on the tanker beside a lake
Leaving the area with two wanted stars

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • you run out of time

After the mission

You earn $50,000 and 1,000 RP. Dax calls to check in; you can ask him for more work whenever you are ready.

Mission Passed with the weed production destroyed over a dark valley