GTA 5 The Jewel Store Job Mission Walkthrough

The first heist: break the Vangelico cases, escape on bikes through the storm drains, and pay off Madrazo.

Objectives

Smart: go to the roof as Franklin and throw the gas into the vent.
Loud: drive the crew to the store and force the staff down.
Break the glass cabinets and steal at least $3,300,000 as Michael.
Follow your crew into the sewers as Franklin.
Take out the police cars and protect your crew as Michael.
Rendezvous with your crew, then go to Lester.

Mission walkthrough

Smart approach: the gas

Michael drops Franklin at the building site while the crew parks the Bugstars van out front. As Franklin, cross the roofs to the same vantage point from the casing mission and throw the gas into the vent. If you enter before the gas is in, or the gas gets out into the street, your cover is blown. The store’s staff all pass out.

A crew member in a red Bugstars jumpsuit and cap stands at a boarded-up building front.

The crew member in red walks across a gravel rooftop toward a green service door.

On a rooftop, a crew member aims a throw while the prompt says to throw BZ gas into the air vent.

A gas haze fills the jewelry store, and staff lie on the floor.

Loud approach: the entry

Franklin drives the crew to the door in the van and stays outside with the bikes. Michael and the rest go in with guns. With a poor gunman, the store manager tries something, and you need to stop him before he phones the police.

The crew in black suits and helmets steps out of the van at the store door on the Loud approach

A helmeted robber aims a rifle inside the store on the Loud approach

Smashing the cases

Move from case to case as Michael and hit each one when prompted. You need at least $3.3 million to cover what Michael owes. Hit all 20 cases for the full take. How long you have before the alarm depends on your hacker, but all three leave enough time on the current versions of the game.

A crew member in red stands at a jewelry cabinet under a prompt to press E to steal jewelry.

At a display case, the crew member fills a bag while the on-screen line says steal the jewelry.

A crew member in red works the cases as a crewmate warns the alarm will go off at some point.

A masked crew member with a rifle is told there are maybe thirty seconds left.

The escape

Both approaches lead to the same chase. You get four stars, and Franklin rides out with the crew. Follow them through the traffic and into the storm drain tunnel. If you hired a weak gunman, he crashes before the tunnel. Stop and grab his bag, or you lose a large part of the jewels.

The crew member on a green sportbike rides down a palm-lined city street.

The green sportbike speeds along a city street between palm trees and tall buildings.

The green sportbike rides into a dark rock tunnel toward the storm drain.

Inside the storm drain, the sportbike rides through mud past two other riders ahead.

Near the end of the river, control moves to Michael in a truck. Ram the police cars and shoot at them to keep them off the bikes. Don’t leave the crew behind. Rendezvous with them, drive back to Lester, and it’s done. Your share doesn’t appear right away, because the money is held until after Friends Reunited.

Truck in a river channel as a police cruiser comes alongside, with the objective to take out the cops.

Truck drives into a walled yard at dusk while a crew member says, In you come. Come on.

Crew in red jumpsuits gather in a yard at dusk, with the subtitle about wiring cuts after the rocks are sold.

Gold Medal requirements

Quick Grab asks for the minimum total inside 50 seconds, and Clean Sweep asks for all 20 cases, so hit them in an efficient loop. Shooting the glass skips the breaking animation, and Michael’s ability helps. Hire Gus or Packie as the gunman, because a weak gunman costs you time with the store manager. Then keep the police away from Franklin during the chase.