GTA 4 Ivan the Not So Terrible Walkthrough

Chase a thief named Ivan from Roman’s depot to a construction site in Hove Beach, follow him up the ladders and across the scaffolding, then decide whether he lives. You earn $200 whichever way you go.

Before you start

At the end of the chase you choose to kill Ivan or let him go. Neither choice changes the main story, and Niko refuses further work for Vlad either way. Sparing Ivan adds him as a random character you can meet later in Alderney. Killing him closes that off for good.

Make a separate save before the mission if you want to see both endings. The choice is permanent once the mission is passed.

Objectives

Go to Roman’s garage.
Chase Ivan.
Chase Ivan into the construction site.
Choose Ivan’s fate.

Ivan the Not So Terrible walkthrough

Drive to Roman’s depot

You start outside Comrades Bar with a Blista Compact parked at the curb. Get in and follow the yellow route to Roman’s depot. It is a short trip through Hove Beach, so you don’t need to rush. Stay on the main road and watch for the pillars under the elevated train line. If you come in from the Cisco Street side, the approach to the depot is shorter.

Niko steps toward a white Blista Compact at the curb with the objective to go to Roman's garage

A white Blista Compact sits under the elevated train line in Hove Beach

The Blista Compact drives down a Hove Beach street

Chase Ivan’s car

As you get close, the objective changes to say Ivan is already making his escape. His car shows as a red blip on the radar. Stay right behind him and avoid hard crashes, because a wrecked car slows you down more than it slows him. Use the straight stretches to close the gap, and hold your line through the turns. The chase ends when he crashes near the Hove Beach construction site.

Objective text says Ivan is already making an escape, with his car as a red blip on the radar

The Blista chases a dark car down a Broker street, a red blip on the radar

Objective text says Ivan is escaping into the construction site as the chase nears Kid Street

Climb the ladders

Ivan jumps out and runs for the scaffolding, so leave the car and follow on foot. Walk up to the first ladder and climb it. The help text that appears tells you how to climb faster, and it is worth using, since Ivan opens the distance quickly. Take a breath at the top of each ladder and look before you step out.

Niko climbs out of the car beside the scaffolding of the construction site

Help text on screen explains how to use the ladders to chase Ivan through the building site

Niko grabs the first ladder at the foot of the scaffolding

Follow him across the site

Keep moving along the platforms and stairs. Ivan runs ahead and shouts things back at you as he goes. You can fire at him while he is in the open, or keep your pistol down and stay on his heels. Don’t stop in the gaps between platforms. If you lose sight of him, look for the red marker over his head and follow it.

Niko climbs a ladder between scaffolding platforms

Niko follows a running man along a railed platform of the site

Niko aims his pistol across the open platform on the scaffolding

Kill Ivan

When Ivan is cornered at the edge, aim your pistol at him and fire. You can also stomp on his fingers if he is hanging on, and he falls to the street below. Come down off the site afterward and walk away from the body. Call Vlad from your phone to report the job, and the $200 shows on screen.

Niko clings to the yellow crane frame with a pistol in hand above the street

Niko stands on the street beside the site with a flatbed truck nearby

Niko fires his pistol at a man running past stacked crates at the site

Spare Ivan

To let him go, don’t shoot. Help him back up when you get the chance and he runs off. Nothing else in the story changes. Ivan turns up again later as a random character in Alderney. Your pay is the same $200 as for the other choice.

Ivan hangs from a rooftop ledge beside a high-rise while a prompt offers to help him up or kick him off the edge.

What fails this mission

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

Ivan escapes before you reach the construction site.
You lose Ivan on foot and he gets away.

After the mission

You earn $200, and Niko is finished working for Vlad. Roman’s depot is the next place to visit, because Uncle Vlad becomes available there once Jamaican Heat is also finished. Until then, use the break to explore Broker or take on other missions that are open.

The reward of two hundred dollars shows in the corner as Niko stands by a wrecked car

Niko drives along a Broker street with the phone showing a call to Vlad

Part of Arriving in Broker in the story walkthrough.