GTA 4 Shadow Mission Walkthrough

Tail a street dealer from South Bohan to his supplier’s building without getting too close or too far, then break in and shoot all three men inside. You earn $250 and Little Jacob becomes a friend you can call.

Objectives

Go to find the dealer in South Bohan.
Follow the dealer to his supplier on foot. Stay behind him and try not to be seen.
Keep following the dealer to the supplier (only if you spook him).
Follow the dealer into the apartment block, but don’t attack him.
Damage the lock to break open the door (only if you spook him).
Take down the dealer and his suppliers.

Shadow walkthrough

Get the job from Little Jacob

Little Jacob’s apartment is on Dillon Street in Schottler. Walk in and his friend Badman jumps you at the door, but Jacob calls him off. Jacob says dealers have moved onto his corner and are not paying him. He wants you to find one and follow him to whoever supplies him. The destination appears as a yellow blip in South Bohan.

Little Jacob lies on his couch and tells Niko where to find the dealers on his corner.

Niko on a bike at night with the objective to find the dealer in South Bohan on screen.

Drive to South Bohan

Take any car or bike you can ride well and follow the route line on the radar. You have to cross a bridge to reach Bohan, and the game stops you at a toll kiosk, where you pay $5. Pull up to the booth and the barrier lifts. Past the bridge, wind through the streets until the blip is close, then slow down and stop a block short so the dealer does not notice you.

Niko rides a motorcycle across a lit bridge toward Bohan.

Niko stops at a toll kiosk on the bridge, with a help message about the $5 toll.

Niko leans a motorcycle through a turn on a dark street in Bohan.

Find the dealer

Look for the dealer on the corner. When you are near, the blip turns red and the objective tells you to follow him. Watch him sell to a customer, then say he is out of product and head off to restock. Park, get out and let him get a little distance before you start moving. He walks fast, but he does not run unless he notices you.

Niko stops his motorcycle on a street corner near a store, with red radar markers on the road.

Niko stands beside a parked motorcycle as the dealer says he is out of product and will be back.

Follow the dealer

The mission wants you behind him and out of sight. Walk, do not sprint, since running right up on him makes him look around. Stay about half a block back and use corners and parked cars to break the line of sight. He cuts through alleys and over fences, so keep your eyes on the red blip when you lose sight of him.

The objective says the dealer is spooked and to keep following him, as he runs along the sidewalk.

Niko follows the dealer through a narrow alley, keeping a gap behind him.

Niko rides toward a pair of brick buildings with the dealer ahead of him on foot.

If he sees you, the game says you spooked him and he bolts. You can run after him now, but stay close. If you drift too far back, a message warns you that you are too far away. Close the gap right away, because he can slip off for good and fail the mission.

A message warns Niko he is too far away and must keep the dealer within sight.

Niko in a stairwell with the too-far-away message still on screen.

Into the apartment block

He ends up at a run-down apartment building. The new objective says to follow him inside, but not to attack him. Go in and up the stairs, keeping him in sight. Do not draw a weapon yet. Shooting him early costs you the suppliers and ends the chase before it should.

The objective says the dealer is in the apartment block and not to attack him.

Niko moves through a first-floor hallway of the apartment block.

Niko at the foot of a staircase in the apartment block.

Break in and take them down

If he spotted you earlier, he slams and locks the apartment door behind him. The objective changes to damage the lock. Shoot the lock to break the door open, then step in. If he never spotted you, you can walk straight in.

The objective tells Niko to damage the lock to break open the door.

Niko stands at the open door with the objective to take down the dealer and his suppliers.

Three men are inside: the dealer and two suppliers. Take cover behind the doorframe or the couch and shoot them. Go for the nearest armed man first, since they open fire as soon as you enter. The room is small, so use cover instead of standing in the doorway.

Niko aims into a rundown apartment room with a couch and a blue door.

Niko aims a pistol through a doorway at the men inside.

Call Little Jacob

When all three are down, get out of the building before the police show up. Pull out your phone and call Little Jacob to tell him the competition is gone. Jacob says the corner is his again, and the mission ends when you hang up.

Niko on a motorcycle on a rooftop after the shootout, with a bridge in the distance.

Niko on the phone with Little Jacob on a rooftop, telling him the competition is gone.

What fails this mission

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

The dealer sees you and gets away.
You fall too far behind the dealer for too long.
The dealer is killed before he reaches the apartment.
You attack the dealer before the final objective.

After the mission

You get $250. Jacob now counts as a friend, so you can call him to hang out. He also adds Drug Delivery jobs to your phone. Once you finish The Master and the Molotov, Russian Revolution opens. The Jamaican gangs stop treating you as an enemy as well.

Niko in a car with the phone out, chatting with Little Jacob.

Niko drives a car at night with the phone open during a call with Little Jacob.

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