The first heist in the game is done at the jewel store with Micheal and Franklin. You can get about $500,000 out of the store if you move quick and don’t alert the police. This guide will help you get the job done the smart way!
Grand Theft Auto 5 The Jewel Store Heist Guide
This is the smart route. My crew was Eddie Toh because he had the best driving stats, Norm Richards since his cut was the lowest and ideally we aren’t shooting anyone(take the other guy if you want a bigger pay day because this guy crashes and you lose his cut) and Rickie Lukens because I wanted to keep my profits high.
| The Setup | ||
For the heist you will need to get a pest control van and some knock out gas. If you drive around long enough Lester will text you and tell you where you can find a van. Head to the HS way-point and you will find the vans and of course some pest control guys near them. If you steal the van they will call the cops on you and you have to evade the cops, which is pretty easy once you get off the highway. You can also try to kill all the pest control guys then get the van. Either way take it back to Lester and this part of the mission will be complete.
After you have dropped off the van, Lester will call about the knock out gas. Head over to a HS point and you will have to either steal the van or break the back open and steal a case. Since the van is way slower then a car I would just shoot the back open with a shotgun and steal a case. After you get the case escape the cops and return to Lester to start the heist.
| The Heist | ||
Lester and Micheal will go over the heist and then you and Franklin will head to the jewelery store. On the way you will discuss the crew and how much profit they are getting. The more you use a crew member the better they become and thankfully their cuts will stay the same. Even though Eddie already has high stats and takes a bigger cut I felt better with a good getaway guy.
Once you get to the store you will become Franklin and have to head to the roof with the gas. Go to the spot where you went with Micheal to check out the vent unit upstairs and equip the gas grenades. Tossing the grenades is actually kind of hard because there’s no indicator of where it will land, toss it about where the yellow marker meets up with the dark metal of the vents. If you run out of grenades it will just restart that part for you.
You will need to collect over 2.5 million in order to meet you mark. Run up to any cabinet you can and press the action button to take tons of cash. With Rickie on the tech part you will have about a minute to collect as much as you can. When he starts to countdown from ten that is your queue to get out of there. Once you get out Micheal will take care of the guy giving your crew trouble and you will be on your bikes.
Follow your main getaway driver and use Franklin’s special ability if you start to lose him. One of your crew members will crash on the way there because he is an amateur (unless you picked the other gunman). Once you get to the river it will switch back to Micheal.
Micheal is in a huge truck and you will need to ram the cops of the road with it. Just follow the bikes and take out any cops that get in your way. After you take out all the cops and meet up with Franklin the crew will get EXP and you will have completed your first bank heist.
That will end the Grand Theft Auto 5 The Jewel Store Heist Guide, check back soon for more!