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The Jewel Store Job

Casing the Jewel Store

Protagonist
Michael
Location
Darnell Bros. garment factory, La Mesa
Gold objectives
2

Requires Friend Request

Gold medal objectives

Michael scouts Vangelico and chooses the Loud or Smart approach for the first heist.

Objectives

  1. Go to Vangelico Jewel Store.
  2. Take a picture of the alarm system.
  3. Take a picture of the ventilation outlet and the security camera.
  4. Speak with the attendant.
  5. Go back to Lester.
  6. Find a way to climb the jewelry.
  7. Go to the highest point of the building.
  8. Take a picture of the ventilation system.
  9. Go back to Lester.
  10. Return to Darnell Bros..
  11. Choose the heist method.
  12. Choose your crew.

Mission walkthrough

Scouting Vangelico

Meet Lester at Darnell Bros. and drive to Vangelico in Rockford Hills. Don’t go in with a wanted level or a weapon out, because the staff will react and the mission fails. Inside, use the camera in your glasses to photograph the alarm, the ventilation and the security camera. Talk to the assistant and walk out.

The Darnell Bros. brick warehouse with its gold sign under a blue sky.
Lester, leaning on a cane, talks with Michael in an office lined with filing cabinets.
Michael walks a cobbled Rockford Hills sidewalk past the store fronts.
Camera mode inside the Vangelico showroom, with the Take Photo prompt in the corner.
Michael stands at the jewelry counter facing the red-haired store assistant.
Michael walks back toward the exit of the Vangelico showroom.

The roof

Drive around the block and go up through the building under renovation. Follow the route to the top and photograph the vent. Franklin will use this same climb if you choose the Smart approach.

A black car drives along a palm-lined street past a crosswalk and a row of shops.
Michael walks through a doorway in a boarded-up wall with a large eye poster.
Michael climbs a metal ladder up the side of a rooftop unit.
Camera mode frames a rooftop vent housing with red warning signs and the Take Photo prompt.

Choosing the approach

Back at the factory, pick your approach. The Smart approach gasses the store with a Bugstars disguise, and needs Bugstars Equipment and BZ Gas Grenades. The Loud approach goes in with rifles, and needs only Carbine Rifles. Neither helps or hurts your 100% total, so choose whichever you like.

The Jewel Store planning board with a blueprint, camera and alarm photos, and a route map pinned up.
The Jewel Store planning board from a higher angle, with a blueprint and a tunnel photo pinned on it.
The Approach section of the board shows a Loud card and a Smart card pinned side by side.

Then pick a gunman, driver and hacker. See Heist crew choices before you decide, since a weak crew member can cost you money.

Crew card for driver Eddie Toh on the planning board, with a note on crew cuts and skill.
Crew cards with the prompt to select a gunman; Gustavo Mota, a gunman, is on the right.
Crew cards for a driver, a gunman and hacker Paige Harris on the planning board.

What fails this mission

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

  • Lester died.
  • Lester was abandoned.
  • The car was destroyed.
  • The car is stuck.
  • Michael entered the store with a Wanted Level.
  • Michael was spotted driving in a pedestrian zone by shop staff.
  • Michael was spotted carrying a weapon.
  • Michael was spotted going behind the pay desk.
  • Michael was spotted entering the manager’s office.
  • Michael failed to check out the roof.

Gold Medal requirements

Stand where the alarm, the vent and the camera all fit in one picture, and take it there. Skip cutscenes to finish inside 08:00.

Camera mode inside the Vangelico store, with Take Photo and Zoom controls listed in the top left corner.
Camera mode across the Vangelico store, where the subtitle reads: Camera: check. Alarm: check. Vents: check.

Part of Lester CrestThe Jewel Store Job in the story walkthrough.