Cheat: Adjust Your Wanted Level - 12/10/08

To get rid of Niko's wanted level, insert the following number into your cell phone: (267)-555-0100. To add stars to Niko's wanted level, insert this number instead: (267)-555-0150. Keep in mind that this will disable your ability to acquire some achievements.

Cheat: All Secret Locations - 12/10/08

Head to the internet café (or wherever you can access the internet) and insert the URL www.whattheydonotwantyoutoknow.com. If inserted properly, you'll be brought to an in-game message board containing maps of secret locations in the game. Check it out!

Cheat: Change Weather & Time of Day - 12/10/08

To randomly change the weather and time of day, break out your cell phone and insert the following number: (468)-555-0100.

Cheat: Refill Health, Armor & Ammo - 12/10/08

To refill Niko's health and to give him some fresh armor, insert the following number into your cell phone: (362)-555-0100. If you want to give him health, fresh armor and refill all ammunition, insert this number instead: (482)-555-0100. Keep in mind that this will disable your ability to acquire some achievements.

Cheat: Spawn Cars - 12/10/08

Any time you're outside, break out your cell phone and insert the following phone numbers to unlock the vehicles listed.

• Annihilator (Helicopter) - (359)-555-0100
• Cognoscenti (Car) - (227)-555-0142
• Comet (Car) - (227)-555-0175
• FIB Buffalo (Car) - (227)-555-0100
• Jetmax (Boat) - (938)-555-0100
• NRG-900 (Motorcycle) - (625)-555-0100
• Sanchez (Car) - (625)-555-0150
• Super GT (Car) - (227)-555-0168
• Turismo (Car) - (227)-555-0147

Cheat: Weapon Batch 1 - 12/10/08

To unlock a baseball bat, grenades, M4, MP5, pistol, RPG and sniper rifle, insert the following number into your cell phone: (486)-555-0100. Keep in mind that this will disable your ability to acquire some achievements.

Cheat: Weapon Batch 2 - 12/10/08

To unlock an AK-47, knife, Molotov Cocktails, pistol, RPG, sniper rifle and Uzi, insert the following number into your cell phone: (486)-555-0150. Keep in mind that this will disable your ability to acquire some achievements.

Easter Egg: Fire Truck Madness - 12/10/08

If you boost a fire truck, press the fire button while driving around. This will allow you to shoot the super-powerful water cannon at anyone around you. Watching people react to getting shot with high-speed water is hilarious.

Easter Egg: Prank Calls - 12/10/08

Here's something funny to try. During your adventure through Liberty City, you may find phone numbers written in inconspicuous places, such as on the side of a building or in the subway. If you dial these numbers, you'll usually get someone on the other end who you can subsequently prank.

Easter Egg: Statue of Happiness - 12/10/08

Head to the Statue of Happiness on Happiness Island via helicopter. Have the helicopter drop you off on the very top of the statue. You'll find a sign up there that states "No Hidden Content Beyond This Point", but it's a lie. If you head inside of the statue from this area, you'll find an actual beating heart inside the statue. How ridiculously creepy!

Hint: 100% Completion - 12/10/08

Below is a list of how to reach 100% completion, and what everything in the game is worth (by percentage).

• Ninety Story/Procedural Missions - 68%
• Acquire each friend's special ability and do their activities - 10%
• Win at each activity and mini-game - 5%
• Find all random characters and complete their missions - 5%
• Kill all thirty wanted persons - 2.5%
• Complete all twenty vigilante crimes - 2.5%
• Complete all fifty stunt jumps - 2.5%
• Eliminate all two-hundred pigeons - 2.5%
• Complete all thirty car thefts - 2%

Hint: Access Used Cheats Easily - 12/10/08

Almost always, when you enter a cheat into your cell phone, you can access it automatically from the phone's main menu ("Cheats"), so you don't have to enter these obscure phone numbers more than once.

Hint: Armor Locations - 12/10/08

The map below represents the location of all of the armor in the game.

Hint: Easy Money - 12/10/08

Head to an ATM anywhere in the city, and cause a traffic jam in the area. Wait for someone to approach the ATM and take money out of it, and then eliminate that person. The traffic jam should ensure that no ambulance can reach the injured person, so if you run a short distance away and return, you can grab the money that dead person dropped over and over again.

Hint: Free Taxi Rides - 12/10/08

Here's a great way to get a free taxi fare. Hail a taxi and get inside, and head to your destination. Right before you get to your destination, bust out the back window and point your gun out of the window (using the corresponding controls). Doing so will freak the taxi driver out. He'll stop the car and run away, leaving you near your destination without forcing you to pay for the ride.

Hint: Friendship Perks - 12/10/08

To unlock the perks of friendship with any given person below, reach the friendship level listed. Brucie - Brucie likes to bowl, drink, eat, go to strip clubs, shows, helirides and boating. If you get his friendship level up to 70%, you can call Brucie and he'll dispatch a helicopter to your location, allowing you to utilize it as you'd like. Dwayne - Dwayne likes to go to strip clubs, eat, drink, go to shows and bowl. If you get his friendship level up to 60%, you can call Dwayne and he'll send you a car full of gang members that will follow you and help you out as you need them. Little Jacob - Little Jacob likes to play darts, go to shows, play billiards, drink, eat, and go to strip clubs. If you get his friendship level up to 60%, you can call Little Jacob and he'll drive a car to your location full of guns that you can purchase from him. Packie - Packie likes to go to strip clubs and shows, play darts, drink, bowl and play billiards. If you get his friendship level up to 75%, you can call Packie and he'll make you a potent car bomb that you can use as you need it. Roman - Roman likes to go bowling, play darts, go drinking, eat, play billiards, go to shows and to strip clubs. If you get his friendship level up to 60%, you can call Roman and he'll send you a free cab to use anywhere in the city.

Hint: Health Locations - 12/10/08

The map below represents the location of all of the health packs in the game.

Hint: Identify Unknown Songs - 12/10/08

If a song is playing on your radio and you want to identify the artist and song title, insert (948)-555-0100 in your phone. You'll receive a text message with the information you seek.

Hint: Long-Lasting Fire Truck - 12/10/08

Fire trucks are awesome vehicles to use to cause complete and utter destruction in Liberty City. But, even these vehicles are susceptible to damage. Oddly, if the fire truck catches on fire and is about to explode, you can actually utilize the fire truck's very own water source to put its own fire out. Nice!

Hint: Losing the Cops - 12/10/08

No matter the extent of your wanted level, if you can make it back to one of your safe houses and go to your bed to save, the cops will be automatically called off. You don't even have to actually save – you can just access the save menu and then cancel out. As long as you reach this menu, then you won't have to worry about the cops chasing you once you go back outside.

Hint: Pigeon Locations - 12/10/08

The two maps below represent the location of all of the pigeons in the game.

Hint: Restart A Dead Car - 12/10/08

If your car gets horribly damaged and stalls or refuses to start, call 911 on your cell phone. When they pick up, hang up your phone, and your car should start once more!

Hint: Stunt Jump Locations - 12/10/08

The map below represents the location of all of the stunt jumps in the game.

Unlockable: GTA3 Outfit - 12/10/08

At one point in the game, you're given an option to kill Dwayne or Playboy X, and you must choose one or the other. If you kill Playboy X, you can use his loft and change clothes there. Amongst your change of clothes will be the outfit from GTA3 -- a tight black jacket and green cargo pants.

Unlockable: Statue of Happiness Shirt - 12/10/08

Head over to the Statue of Happiness and climb up as far as you can go. Head around the left side of the statue from where you entered. When you do this, the game will pause briefly and load a new shirt that your character will be wearing, a nice souvenir for visiting the statue!

Unlock Free Armor - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To get free armor, dial 3625550100 (can be remembered as DOA-555-0100).

Unlock Free Health - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To get free health, dial 4825550100 (can be remembered as GTA-555-0100).

Unlock Free Weapons Pack #1 - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To get free weapons pack #1 (handgun, shotgun, MP5, M4, sniper rifle, RPG, grenades, baseball bat), dial 4865550100 (can be remembered as GUN-555-0100).

Unlock Free Weapons Pack #2 - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To get free weapons pack #2, dial 4865550150 (can be remembered as GUN-555-0150).

Remove Wanted Level - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To remove wanted level, dial 2675550100 (can be remembered as COP-555-0100).

Increase Wanted Level - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To raise wanted level, dial 2675550150 (can be remembered as COP-555-0150).

Change Weather - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To change the weather, dial 4685550100 (can be remembered as HOT-555-0100).

Unlock Annihilator (helicopter) - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To spawn the Annihilator (police chopper), dial 3595550100 (can be remembered as FLY-555-0100).

Unlock Jetmax (boat) - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To spawn the Jetmax (boat), dial 9385550100 (can be remembered as WET-555-0100).

Unlock NRG-900 (bike) - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To spawn the NRG-900 (bike), dial 6255550100 (can be remembered as MBK-555-0100).

Unlock Sanchez (bike) - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To spawn the Sanchez (bike), dial 6255550150 (can be remembered as MBK-555-0150).

Unlock FBI Buffalo - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To spawn the FBI Buffalo, dial 2275550100 (can be remembered as CAR-555-0100).

Unlock Comet - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To spawn the Comet, dial 2275550142 (can be remembered as CAR-555-0142).

Unlock Turismo - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To spawn the Turismo, dial 2275550147 (can be remembered as CAR-555-0147).

Unlock Cognoscenti - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To spawn the Cognoscenti, dial 2275550152 (can be remembered as CAR-555-0152).

Unlock SuperGT - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To spawn the SuperGT, dial 2275550168 (can be remembered as CAR-555-0168).

Helicopter Guns - 12/10/08

When you hijack or spawn the Annihilator helicopter, you're actually able to fire its guns! Use the X button (or Square) to fire its wing-mounted turrets!

Zit! Music Service - 12/10/08

Press UP on the d-pad to bring up your phone, then UP again to bring up the dialpad of the phone. This will allow you to dial this number. After you do this once, the cheat will be in the Cheats menu under Options. This cheat may disable your ability to earn an achievement. To use the Zit! service, dial 9485550100 (can be remembered as ZIT-555-0100). Zit! will listen to the song that's playing in your vehicle and then text you the name of the artist and song right away! You can also go to Rockstar Social Club (on the real life Internet) and all of the songs you've called in will be stored in your profile so you can buy them from Amazon!

Cheat: Adjust Your Wanted Level - 12/10/08

To get rid of Niko's wanted level, insert the following number into your cell phone: (267)-555-0100. To add stars to Niko's wanted level, insert this number instead: (267)-555-0150. Keep in mind that this will disable your ability to acquire some achievements.

Cheat: All Secret Locations - 12/10/08

Head to the internet café (or wherever you can access the internet) and insert the URL www.whattheydonotwantyoutoknow.com. If inserted properly, you'll be brought to an in-game message board containing maps of secret locations in the game. Check it out!

Cheat: Change Weather & Time of Day - 12/10/08

To randomly change the weather and time of day, break out your cell phone and insert the following number: (468)-555-0100.

Cheat: Refill Health, Armor & Ammo - 12/10/08

To refill Niko's health and to give him some fresh armor, insert the following number into your cell phone: (362)-555-0100. If you want to give him health, fresh armor and refill all ammunition, insert this number instead: (482)-555-0100. Keep in mind that this will disable your ability to acquire some achievements.

Cheat: Spawn Cars - 12/10/08

Any time you're outside, break out your cell phone and insert the following phone numbers to unlock the vehicles listed.

• Annihilator (Helicopter) - (359)-555-0100
• Cognoscenti (Car) - (227)-555-0142
• Comet (Car) - (227)-555-0175
• FIB Buffalo (Car) - (227)-555-0100
• Jetmax (Boat) - (938)-555-0100
• NRG-900 (Motorcycle) - (625)-555-0100
• Sanchez (Car) - (625)-555-0150
• Super GT (Car) - (227)-555-0168
• Turismo (Car) - (227)-555-0147

Cheat: Weapon Batch 1 - 12/10/08

To unlock a baseball bat, grenades, M4, MP5, pistol, RPG and sniper rifle, insert the following number into your cell phone: (486)-555-0100. Keep in mind that this will disable your ability to acquire some achievements.

Cheat: Weapon Batch 2 - 12/10/08

To unlock an AK-47, knife, Molotov Cocktails, pistol, RPG, sniper rifle and Uzi, insert the following number into your cell phone: (486)-555-0150. Keep in mind that this will disable your ability to acquire some achievements.

Easter Egg: Fire Truck Madness - 12/10/08

If you boost a fire truck, press the fire button while driving around. This will allow you to shoot the super-powerful water cannon at anyone around you. Watching people react to getting shot with high-speed water is hilarious.

Easter Egg: Prank Calls - 12/10/08

Here's something funny to try. During your adventure through Liberty City, you may find phone numbers written in inconspicuous places, such as on the side of a building or in the subway. If you dial these numbers, you'll usually get someone on the other end who you can subsequently prank.

Easter Egg: Statue of Happiness - 12/10/08

Head to the Statue of Happiness on Happiness Island via helicopter. Have the helicopter drop you off on the very top of the statue. You'll find a sign up there that states "No Hidden Content Beyond This Point", but it's a lie. If you head inside of the statue from this area, you'll find an actual beating heart inside the statue. How ridiculously creepy!

Hint: 100% Completion - 12/10/08

Below is a list of how to reach 100% completion, and what everything in the game is worth (by percentage).

• Ninety Story/Procedural Missions - 68%
• Acquire each friend's special ability and do their activities - 10%
• Win at each activity and mini-game - 5%
• Find all random characters and complete their missions - 5%
• Kill all thirty wanted persons - 2.5%
• Complete all twenty vigilante crimes - 2.5%
• Complete all fifty stunt jumps - 2.5%
• Eliminate all two-hundred pigeons - 2.5%
• Complete all thirty car thefts - 2%

Hint: Access Used Cheats Easily - 12/10/08

Almost always, when you enter a cheat into your cell phone, you can access it automatically from the phone's main menu ("Cheats"), so you don't have to enter these obscure phone numbers more than once.

Hint: Armor Locations - 12/10/08

The map below represents the location of all of the armor in the game.

Hint: Easy Money - 12/10/08

Head to an ATM anywhere in the city, and cause a traffic jam in the area. Wait for someone to approach the ATM and take money out of it, and then eliminate that person. The traffic jam should ensure that no ambulance can reach the injured person, so if you run a short distance away and return, you can grab the money that dead person dropped over and over again.

Hint: Free Taxi Rides - 12/10/08

Here's a great way to get a free taxi fare. Hail a taxi and get inside, and head to your destination. Right before you get to your destination, bust out the back window and point your gun out of the window (using the corresponding controls). Doing so will freak the taxi driver out. He'll stop the car and run away, leaving you near your destination without forcing you to pay for the ride.

Hint: Friendship Perks - 12/10/08

To unlock the perks of friendship with any given person below, reach the friendship level listed. Brucie - Brucie likes to bowl, drink, eat, go to strip clubs, shows, helirides and boating. If you get his friendship level up to 70%, you can call Brucie and he'll dispatch a helicopter to your location, allowing you to utilize it as you'd like. Dwayne - Dwayne likes to go to strip clubs, eat, drink, go to shows and bowl. If you get his friendship level up to 60%, you can call Dwayne and he'll send you a car full of gang members that will follow you and help you out as you need them. Little Jacob - Little Jacob likes to play darts, go to shows, play billiards, drink, eat, and go to strip clubs. If you get his friendship level up to 70%, you can call Little Jacob and he'll drive a car to your location full of guns that you can purchase from him. Packie - Packie likes to go to strip clubs and shows, play darts, drink, bowl and play billiards. If you get his friendship level up to 75%, you can call Packie and he'll make you a potent car bomb that you can use as you need it. Roman - Roman likes to go bowling, play darts, go drinking, eat, play billiards, go to shows and to strip clubs. If you get his friendship level up to 60%, you can call Roman and he'll send you a free cab to use anywhere in the city.

Hint: Health Locations - 12/10/08

The map below represents the location of all of the health packs in the game.

Hint: Identify Unknown Songs - 12/10/08

If a song is playing on your radio and you want to identify the artist and song title, insert (948)-555-0100 in your phone. You'll receive a text message with the information you seek.

Hint: Long-Lasting Fire Truck - 12/10/08

Fire trucks are awesome vehicles to use to cause complete and utter destruction in Liberty City. But, even these vehicles are susceptible to damage. Oddly, if the fire truck catches on fire and is about to explode, you can actually utilize the fire truck's very own water source to put its own fire out. Nice!

Hint: Losing the Cops - 12/10/08

No matter the extent of your wanted level, if you can make it back to one of your safe houses and go to your bed to save, the cops will be automatically called off. You don't even have to actually save – you can just access the save menu and then cancel out. As long as you reach this menu, then you won't have to worry about the cops chasing you once you go back outside.

Hint: Pigeon Locations - 12/10/08

The two maps below represent the location of all of the pigeons in the game.

Hint: Restart A Dead Car - 12/10/08

If your car gets horribly damaged and stalls or refuses to start, call 911 on your cell phone. When they pick up, hang up your phone, and your car should start once more!

Hint: Stunt Jump Locations - 12/10/08

The map below represents the location of all of the stunt jumps in the game.

Unlockable: GTA3 Outfit - 12/10/08

At one point in the game, you're given an option to kill Dwayne or Playboy X, and you must choose one or the other. If you kill Playboy X, you can use his loft and change clothes there. Amongst your change of clothes will be the outfit from GTA3 -- a tight black jacket and green cargo pants.

Unlockable: Statue of Happiness Shirt - 12/10/08

Head over to the Statue of Happiness and climb up as far as you can go. Head around the left side of the statue from where you entered. When you do this, the game will pause briefly and load a new shirt that your character will be wearing, a nice souvenir for visiting the statue!

Cell Phone Passwords - 12/10/08

468-555-0100 Change weather 486-555-0150 Get a different selection of weapons 486-555-0100 Get a selection of weapons 267-555-0150 Raise wanted level 267-555-0100 Remove wanted level 362-555-0100 Restore armour 482-555-0100 Restore health, armor, and ammo 948-555-0100 Song information 227-555-0142 Spawn a Cognoscenti 227-555-0175 Spawn a Comet 938-555-0100 Spawn a Jetmax 625-555-0150 Spawn a Sanchez 227-555-0168 Spawn a SuperGT 227-555-0147 Spawn a Turismo 359-555-0100 Spawn an Annihiliator 227-555-0100 Spawn an FIB Buffalo 625-555-0100 Spawn an NRG-900