GTA 4 Taking in the Trash Mission Walkthrough

Ray sends you out with three sanitation workers to collect bags of diamonds hidden in the trash. You drive a Trashmaster to two pickups, shake off a car that tails you, and deliver the truck to the depot in Fishmarket South for $9,000.

Objectives

Go and pick up the Trashmaster
Get in the truck
Drive to the first diamond pickup
Drive to the second diamond pickup
Go to the drop-off in Fishmarket South

Taking in the Trash walkthrough

Meet the crew and get the truck

Sit down with Ray at Drusilla’s and hear out the job. When you get control, head on foot to the Trashmaster blip, a short run down the street. Three sanitation workers are waiting there. After the talk, Niko picks up a work jacket and the objective tells you to get in the truck. Climb into the cab.

Objective text tells you to go and pick up the Trashmaster as Niko runs down a Little Italy street.

Niko stands talking with two sanitation workers in front of a restaurant.

The back of a white sanitation truck with the objective to get in the truck.

Drive to the first pickup

A yellow route on the radar leads to the first pickup. The Trashmaster is long, slow and wide, so brake early for corners and stay on the main streets. Two of the crew ride on the back step. Wrecking the truck fails the mission, so take your time and leave the shortcuts alone.

The Trashmaster driving down a Lower Easton street with the first pickup objective on screen.

The Trashmaster turns at an intersection with two workers hanging on the back.

Stop beside the marked curb and stay in the cab. The workers hop off, grab a bag and swing it into the back. Wait until they are on the step again before you pull out. The conversation drops hints about who the diamonds belong to, but nothing here needs your input.

The truck stops by a bag on the curb while the workers climb off the back step.

The Trashmaster parked while two workers collect trash bags from the sidewalk.

Drive to the second pickup

The route now bends toward the second pickup. Follow the radar route through Lower Easton and Chinatown, using the wide avenues rather than the narrow side streets. Red lights are your friend here, since the truck needs a long stretch of road to stop.

The second diamond pickup objective with the truck heading down a wide street.

The Trashmaster driving down a Lower Easton street with the crew on the back.

The Trashmaster crossing an intersection with the yellow route on the radar.

Pull over next to the stack of bags and let the crew load up. Hold position until they finish. Once the bags are on board, the objective changes, and so does the mood. Be ready to move.

Two workers carry bags toward the parked Trashmaster at the second pickup.

A worker heaves a trash bag into the back of the truck.

Lose the car that follows you

Someone has caught on. A car pulls in behind the truck and the men inside open fire. The new objective is the depot in Fishmarket South, and the crew cannot shoot back, so this is all driving. Keep the Trashmaster moving, take wide turns and use the long straight streets to build distance.

Two sanitation workers crowd the back of the Trashmaster as one warns they have company.

The Trashmaster driving down an empty avenue with the crew on the back.

The truck can absorb some bullets, but not forever, so do not stop or let the car sit on your bumper. Once the pursuers fall back and the crew says the way is clear, ease off and follow the route.

The Trashmaster drives down a tree-lined street toward Chinatown with the crew on the back.

The Trashmaster drives through Chinatown under hanging yellow signs.

Drop off the truck

Follow the route south through Chinatown and under the elevated road to the depot yard. The destination is on the radar. Drive in, stop near the other trucks and get out. Talk to the workers, who take care of the bags from here. Walk away when they finish.

The Trashmaster turns near the stone pillars of a bridge on the way to Fishmarket South.

The Trashmaster pulls into the depot yard where other trucks are parked.

A worker in an orange vest talks to Niko beside the back of the truck.

What fails this mission

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

The Trashmaster is destroyed
Luca, Tuna or Johnny is killed

After the mission

You earn $9,000 and the Liberty Sanitation Department outfit goes into your wardrobe. Ray has more work for you, so go back to Drusilla’s or call him to start Meltdown.

Niko steps out beside the back of the Trashmaster inside the depot.

Niko in the green work jacket inside the depot with the $9000 reward on the HUD.

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