GTA 4 Do You Have Protection? Walkthrough

Drive Dimitri to a shop on Delaware Avenue in Hove Beach, lean on the owner with your pistol, then visit an underground gun shop and buy a Micro-SMG on Faustin’s account. Take Dimitri home for $400.

Before you start

Your pistol has limited ammunition, and you can fail the mission by wasting it, so fire only the shots you need in the back room of the shop. You can also fail by shooting the gun store assistant or by leaving Dimitri behind.

Once the owner pays up, you can shoot the men left in the room, but it changes nothing in the story.

Objectives

Take Dimitri to the sex shop on Delaware Avenue.
Enter the shop.
Target Joseph to intimidate him.
Target the guy in the middle.
Shoot the porn actor in the leg.
Follow Dimitri out of the store.
Go with Dimitri to the gun store.
Head into the gun store.
Purchase a Micro-SMG.
Get back to Dimitri.
Take Dimitri to Faustin’s house.

Do You Have Protection? walkthrough

Drive to the shop on Delaware Avenue

After the opening scene, you and Dimitri are outside the mansion with a Banshee parked at the curb. Get in and follow the yellow route to Hove Beach. Dimitri talks about the plan on the way. He says a small film producer has not been paying Faustin his share, and he wants to settle it without a killing. The roads are quiet, so drive steadily and avoid clipping traffic.

A Banshee at the curb with the objective to take Dimitri to the sex shop on Delaware Avenue

The Banshee drives down a residential street at dusk with the yellow route on the radar

The Banshee drives under an elevated train line past shops in Hove Beach

Go into the shop

Park at the curb on Delaware Avenue. The objective is to enter the shop. Follow Dimitri to the narrow doorway and down the short flight of stairs. He leads you through the front area to a room at the back, where the owner and his crew are sitting around a couch. A short scene plays when you arrive, and then control returns to you.

The Banshee follows the yellow route along the waterfront with a large bridge behind it

Niko stands beside the open Banshee with Dimitri nearby and the objective to enter the shop

Niko follows Dimitri toward a narrow doorway with the objective to enter the shop

Intimidate Joseph

Your pistol is out as soon as the scene ends, and the game switches to aiming. Target Joseph first and hold your aim on him. When the objective changes, shift to the guy in the middle, and then shoot the man in the leg. Do this quickly, since taking too long fails the mission, and don’t empty the magazine. The leg shot is the only one you must fire. Joseph then gives in and agrees to pay.

Niko aims a pistol at a man in a back room full of cardboard boxes

Niko aims at the man in the middle while another man talks

A man doubles over on a couch while the others watch and Niko holds his pistol

Leave the shop

After Joseph hands over the money, Dimitri knocks him out. You may shoot the other men if you want to, but it changes nothing. Follow Dimitri up the hallway and out into the street. If you stay behind in the shop and leave Dimitri alone, the mission fails, so go with him.

Niko aims at a man in a jacket with his hands out in the back room

Niko points his pistol at a man in a green shirt in the back room

Niko follows Dimitri up a dark hallway toward the street

Drive to the gun store

Get back in the Banshee. Dimitri tells you the next stop is an alleyway off Dillon Street in Schottler, and he explains that the gun shop there is underground. Follow the yellow route, and watch your speed on the dark side streets. Park near the alley and walk to the marked door. Dimitri waits in the car.

Niko stands beside the Banshee at the curb while Dimitri explains the next stop

The Banshee pulls away with the objective to go with Dimitri to the gun store

The Banshee drives through a dusky Hove Beach street with the yellow route on the radar

The Banshee drives into a dark alley with graffiti on the wall

Buy a Micro-SMG

Step into the gun store and look over the tables. Help text explains that you can walk up to a weapon to see what is for sale. Go to the Micro-SMG, which is the gun the objective asks for, and buy it. The cost goes on Faustin’s account, so it comes out of Faustin’s pocket, not yours. Don’t shoot anyone in the shop, since hurting the assistant fails the mission.

Niko steps away from the parked Banshee toward the marked door in the alley

Niko stands in a basement gun store with weapons laid out on tables

The objective says to purchase a Micro-SMG while Niko stands beside the display tables

Help text confirms the Micro-SMG is purchased as Niko holds a weapon

Drive Dimitri home

Leave the shop and get back to Dimitri. The objective is now to take him to Faustin’s house in Beachgate. Dimitri talks about Faustin and his old crew the whole way, so you can just focus on a steady drive. Pull up in front of the mansion to finish the mission.

Objective text says to get back to Dimitri while Niko stands in the gun store

Niko walks back toward the Banshee outside the gun store

The Banshee waits in the street with the objective that Dimitri wants to be driven to Faustin's

The Banshee drives downtown at night with the objective to take Dimitri to Faustin's house

The Banshee passes a police booth beside the road on the way to Beachgate

A car drives past large brick houses at night as a subtitle thanks Niko for his help

What fails this mission

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

Dimitri dies.
The man you shoot in the leg dies before Joseph pays up.
You kill the gun store assistant.
You waste your pistol ammunition.
You take too long to shoot Joseph’s man in the leg.
You leave Dimitri behind in the shop.

After the mission

You are paid $400 and keep the Micro-SMG. The underground gun shops are now open, so visit one whenever you need more weapons or ammo. Final Destination becomes available. Shadow opens as well if Concrete Jungle is already done.

The Banshee drives along Ketchum Street on a dark night

The Banshee drives down Claiborne Street with the four hundred dollar reward in the corner

Part of Faustin, Brucie and the Russians in the story walkthrough.