Mandarin Mayhem (San Andreas, chapter 1)

Mandarin Mayhem: Phone 5: Mission 2

Giver
Uncle Fu (Uncle Fu's Crime Syndicate)
Location
follows Phone 5: Mission 1 immediately, with a call from Bryson
Reward
50,000 points, +1 score multiplier

A man called Bryson sends you for a briefcase that is really a bomb, then sets you timed runs between payphones. At the end you fight off his hired gunmen.

Before you start

Study the route before each leg. All four legs are timed, and the third one is on foot.

Bring a good gun. The last stage is a gunfight in the open.

Objectives

  1. Greetings. My name is Bryson. I have a proposition for you. There is a briefcase of cash in Glen Wood to whet your appetite.
  2. Pick up the briefcase in northwest Glen Wood.
  3. Get to the payphone in South Marina within 80 seconds.
  4. Take the light red Bug to the payphone in East Woodside within 100 seconds.
  5. Get to the payphone in North Woodside on foot within 30 seconds.
  6. Take the light red 4 x 4 to the payphone in southeast Soviet Hill within 60 seconds.
  7. Kill the four armed clients.

Mandarin Mayhem: Phone 5: Mission 2 walkthrough

The briefcase

Bryson tells you to collect a briefcase of cash in northwest Glen Wood. You find it in a narrow alley between tall buildings. Once you hold it, he tells you the handle has a dead man’s switch and the case is full of explosives. If you let go, it goes off, so you now have 80 seconds to reach a payphone in South Marina.

Bryson's first call mentions the briefcase in Glen Wood
Finding the briefcase in a narrow alley
The message reveals the case is wired to explode
A timer starts for the run to South Marina

Drive to the Marina

Drive across to the Marina payphone, which stands on the waterfront. The route passes through East Potato and Central Marina. Pick up before the clock runs out. Bryson then points you to a light red Bug parked nearby and gives you 100 seconds to reach a payphone in East Woodside.

Driving through East Potato
Answering the phone at the Marina beside the Bug
Crossing Central Marina in the Bug

East Woodside and the run on foot

The East Woodside phone is under a bridge. Answer it and Bryson gives you 30 seconds to reach a phone in North Woodside on foot. The streets are too slow, so cut through the alley between the buildings. Keep running and do not stop to fight.

Driving toward East Woodside
Reaching the phone under the bridge
Running to North Woodside on foot
Taking the alley as a shortcut

The 4 x 4

At the North Woodside phone Bryson points you to a light red 4 x 4 close by. Get in and drive to the payphone in southeast Soviet Hill, which the message calls Aye Valley, within 60 seconds. The phone is behind a building. Park beside it and answer.

Arriving at the North Woodside phone in time
Climbing into the light red 4 x 4
Driving through Northwest Woodside
The 4 x 4 pulls up beside the final phone

Bryson’s clients

Bryson turns off the bomb, then sends armed clients to find you. The last man standing keeps the money, so it must be you. Stay near the phone and shoot them as they come. Four men arrive, with a second group after the first, so keep your ammunition for the later ones.

Bryson switches off the bomb and sends his clients
The first gunmen arrive down the alley
A second group of clients arrives
Shooting the last gunman

What fails this mission

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

  • time runs out

After the mission

You earn 50,000 points and a +1 multiplier. Bryson complains that you cost him customers, and the job ends.

Mission complete with the clients dead

Part of Mandarin Mayhem (San Andreas, chapter 1) in the story walkthrough.