The Jewel Job

Mission start places Lucia & Jason in or near Uptown Vice. Before you touch the first objective marker, open the full map and note police stations, hospitals, garages, and any water routes - The Jewel Job punishes players who improvise without geography.

Read every line of the phone, corkboard, or in-person brief. Rockstar-style Leonida missions often hide soft fail conditions in dialogue: do not kill a contact, do not leave the district, keep a vehicle intact, or protect a VIP. First major heist - smoke and bikes or quiet gas. Remapped from The Jewel Store Job into Vice City glamour.

Recommended opening routine: repair or replace your vehicle, buy armor and snacks if a shop is available, set a waypoint to the primary pin, and approach without sideswiping traffic. Early wanted stars almost never help a gold medal run.

Luxury storefronts and aggressive private security. Alarms escalate to police quickly. Plan motorcycle exits before smashing glass.

Quick reference walkthrough: Loud: smoke, smash, motorcycle alleys. Smart: Bugstars entry, gas, quiet exit. Long wanted escape ends at Raul's meet.

Rewards on completion: $1.2M–$2.8M crew take (split) · Reputation with Raul. Unlocks tied to this mission: Act II heist tier · Luxury fence contact.

Approach options: Loud, Smart. Prep missions and enemy fantasy change with your selection - do not start the finale until the planning board shows every required asset checked off.

Objective 1 of 4: Execute the chosen approach.

This opens The Jewel Job. Travel to the marker without farming wanted stars. Use the approach roads around Uptown Vice that keep you off camera clusters and police stations. If a cutscene plays on arrival, your loadout and vehicle state carry through - arrive prepared.

Stay oriented on the mini-map. Heists missions in Act I often spawn secondary markers (escape vehicles, allies, or optional loot) that are easy to miss under fire.

Luxury storefronts and aggressive private security. Alarms escalate to police quickly. Plan motorcycle exits before smashing glass.

Objective 2 of 4: Secure the display jewels.

Mid-mission objective in Uptown Vice. Expect the resistance level to rise compared to the previous pin. Clear the immediate area, complete the interaction or combat beat, then reassess ammo and armor before moving on.

Gameplay tip: this is often where The Jewel Job teaches or stresses a mechanic - hacking, trailing, intimidation, boat handling, or protagonist switching. Failures commonly restart at a mid-checkpoint rather than the mission start.

Luxury storefronts and aggressive private security. Alarms escalate to police quickly. Plan motorcycle exits before smashing glass.

Objective 3 of 4: Escape the district.

Mid-mission objective in Uptown Vice. Expect the resistance level to rise compared to the previous pin. Clear the immediate area, complete the interaction or combat beat, then reassess ammo and armor before moving on.

Complication tip: plans break here on purpose. Prioritize the objective over perfect cleanup. Civilians and side enemies only matter if a gold criterion calls them out.

Luxury storefronts and aggressive private security. Alarms escalate to police quickly. Plan motorcycle exits before smashing glass.

Objective 4 of 4: Lose heat and meet Raul for the cut.

This is the closing beat. Loud: smoke, smash, motorcycle alleys. Smart: Bugstars entry, gas, quiet exit. Long wanted escape ends at Raul's meet. Confirm gold-sensitive conditions before you trigger the end marker: vehicle health, VIP health, wanted level, and any cargo integrity. Once the final cutscene starts, you usually cannot reverse a failed criterion.

Stay oriented on the mini-map. Heists missions in Act I often spawn secondary markers (escape vehicles, allies, or optional loot) that are easy to miss under fire.

Luxury storefronts and aggressive private security. Alarms escalate to police quickly. Plan motorcycle exits before smashing glass.

When the last combat or interaction objective clears, The Jewel Job still requires a clean handoff. Lose heat with tunnels, public garages, mangrove blinds, district borders, or chop shops depending on where Uptown Vice sits in Leonida.

Deliver cargo, intel, cash, or VIPs to the final marker with integrity intact. Damaged vehicles and bleeding allies can fail gold after an otherwise perfect shootout.

Do not skip the debrief cutscene on a first playthrough - Act II heist tier · Luxury fence contact often appear as map icons or phone contacts immediately afterward. Save manually if you are about to chain heist prep.

Common fail states in The Jewel Job include death of a required character, destruction of a mission-critical vehicle, abandoning the mission area for too long, or killing a contact the brief told you to keep alive.

Wanted-level soft fails appear on stealth-leaning medals even when the story continues. If you are hunting gold, treat stars as a fail and checkpoint-restart rather than fighting the whole district.

On dual-character missions, letting the idle partner die in the world while you play the other can still fail the mission - watch both health bars when the UI shows them.

Gold medal checklist for The Jewel Job:

• 1. Escape within limit
• 2. Jewels intact
• 3. No crew member arrested

Strategy: run a learning attempt to memorize routes, spawn points, and fail triggers. Then replay specifically for medals with cutscenes skipped and a pre-staged loadout.

If a criterion conflicts with another (speed vs stealth, for example), prioritize the harder one on a dedicated replay - many players unlock gold across two focused attempts rather than one perfect run.

After gold pops, you can freely replay for fun or collectibles without worrying about medal state.