Key To The City achievement in GTA 4

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this here link is better

http://www.gta4.tv/100percent.php

it has a great, organised online checklist to get this ridiculous achievement--you can get all the info there instead of spending $20 on a guide. And you can track it all online with a password account--no printouts necessary.

CAUTION: i didnt realize til 1/2 way thru exactly what was required for this, and burned a bunch of hours because I missed a stranger early on.

ONE OPTION: first playthru strictly for fun, because its a great story. dont bother trying to get the collector achieves, because you'll have to do them again in the "Key" runthru.
Be smart and do Key to the City and the Liberty City Minute in the second (or first) run-thru in 20 or less hours.
I found the jumps very hard to find and to execute even with maps and walkthroughs, so be sure to save before making each jump attempt--sometimes you have to find a specific bike or car on each attempt, and that can really suck up the clock.

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If you are missing a few % (like me 3,33%) do all the friends activites again.
Redo all of them even if its super annoying, its safer to start from scratch.

Posted by kugelblitz22 on 01 Aug 20 at 16:46

A quick note for those that still are going for this achievement--you must initiate the activities with friends. If they call you, just hang up or don't answer. I saw my percent shoot up once I finished the last unique activity w/ Packie, you MUST be the one to call them about doing something.

Posted by MaurickShepherd on 22 Oct 22 at 16:43

Do you have to beat your friends at darts and pool for it to count towards the 100% or can you just lose?

Posted by DevilsNightt on 29 Dec 22 at 07:25

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this achievement is really not that hard, as long as you have patience, a little bid of combat skill and as long as you remember everything you've done
so first of all you want to do the following:

*beat all story missions (94) these ones require some skill, but arent impossible. you know you are done with this as soon as you get the "You won!" achievement

The You Won! achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 100 pointsComplete the final mission.

*once you are done with this you want to complete all 10 of Little Jacob's courier package jobs. you can start these after the mission Shadow, early in the game. you are done with this as soon as you get the "Courier service" achievement

The Courier Service achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 21 pointsComplete all 10 package delivery jobs.

*then you want to start to check your emails from brucie, which you can do after the mission Logging on. he will send you some emails about 10 vehicles he wants to be stolen. if you send him a possitive reaction you will begin the mission. you are done with this as soon as you unlock the "Order Fullfilled" achievement

The Order Fulfilled achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 19 pointsComplete all 10 Exotic Export orders.

*now you should start to check your text messages from Stevie. he'll send you the locations of 30 vehicles he wants to be stolen. check out youtube for the locations. when you steel one of the vehicles the game will tell you and you want to go to your garage in Bohan and park your vehicle in here. you dont have to worry about this once you have the "You Got the Message" achievement

The You Got The Message achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 63 pointsDeliver all 30 cars ordered through text message.

*now we want to look for some police cars. steel one and access the computer. you should go to current crimes and choose one. now you start a mission in which you must kill some criminals. complete 20 crimes and youre done with this and you obtain the "Cleaned the Mean Streets" achievement

The Cleaned The Mean Streets achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 50 pointsCapture 20 criminals through the police computer.

*now we keep our police car and we're going to look for the most wanted. there will be 10 criminals you want to visite and to shut up. once you are done with the first 10, you should go to the other islands (alderny (west), algonquin (middle) and Bohan/Dukes/Broker (East)) and complete the remaining 20 most wanted missions and you should get the "Manhunt" achievement

The Manhunt achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 39 pointsComplete the most wanted side missions from the police computer.

*now we should go to alderny (the left island) and, after you have completed the mission Truck Hustle, there should be an Assassination mission on your map. you will need to complete all 9 missions and you will obtain the "Assassin's Creed" achievement

The Assassin's Greed achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 37 pointsComplete all 9 assassin missions.

*now you should call brucie to do some races. you need to complete at least 9 of them. but you may want to do 11 more so you get the "Genetically Superior" achievement (THIS IS NOT NEEDED FOR THE KEY TO THE CITY ACHIEVEMENT, but if youre going for achievements, why not grab this one on your way)

The Genetically Superior achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 88 pointsCome first in 20 singleplayer street races.

*the next thing to do is doing all the random character missions. you can find the locations of these on youtube (YOU DO NOT NEED TO COMPLETE THE MISSIONS FROM IVAN, CHERISE, CLARENCE AND JEFF) you have met all 10 strangers at least once once you get the "No more Strangers" achievement (BUT YOU'LL NEED TO COMPLETE EVERY MISSION OF THEM)

The No More Strangers achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 17 pointsMeet all random characters.

*now you can start to hang out with your friends Brucie, Little Jacob and Packie. call them and complete every activity with these 3 friends at least once (thats about 30 activities) there is no Achievement for this, but you will obtain the "Dial B for bomb", "That's How We Roll!" and "Retail Therapy" achievements when you unlock their special abilities (THIS IS ALSO NEEDED FOR 100%) you may as well hang out with your two other friends (if they are still alive) and grab the "Liberty City (5)" achievement (not needed for 100%)

The Dial B For Bomb achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 23 pointsUnlock the special ability of phoning for a bomb to be placed.

The Retail Therapy achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 18 pointsUnlock the special ability of buying guns from a friend.

The That's How We Roll! achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 22 pointsUnlock the special ability of helicopter.

*now we're going to play some games and we must win a FULL game of bowling with a friend, a game of darts and a game of pool which gives you the "Pool Shark" achievement

The Pool Shark achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 14 pointsBeat a friend at pool.

*now you should look for a QUB3D machine (there is one at the strip club in Bohan) and play this mini game. when you beat the high score (11000) you get the "King of QUB3D" achievement

The King of QUB3D achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 31 pointsBeat the High Score in QUB3D.

if you did everything correctly so far, you should have 95%, two more things to do

*one of the harder things to do is to complete all stunt jumps. find a list of them on youtube and start completing all 50 of them and you'll get the "Dare Devil" achievement

The Dare Devil achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 121 pointsComplete 100% of the unique stunt jumps.

*now the hardest and most boring thing to do: find and eliminate all 200 pigeons. i would really recommend to use the list on youtube from Roosterteeth. killing these pigeons is time wasting and boring and will often get you the cops after your ass, but will give you the "Endangered Species" achievement

The Endangered Species achievement in Grand Theft Auto IV worth 224 pointsCollect every hidden package in the game.

and then finally you will get the "Key to the City" achievement
i hope this guide helps :D

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Is there anything you HAVE to do before you finish the main story? On other words will I need a new playthrough or can I just continue afterwards?

Posted by pezza888 on 07 Jan 14 at 19:45

Would be a lot better if you removed your gamer id from the achievement links so everyone can see which ones are missing. Otherwise amazing guide, thanks a lot! +1

Posted by Quemandante on 09 Jul 19 at 15:38

I've got all achievements above and nothing.
(Duh! It unlocked after I completed the last of L. Jacob's missions).

Posted by THE GRAND I on 23 Sep 20 at 19:10

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If you're serious about this achievement then you should avoid shooting any pigeons during the story phase. It's far easier to pull up a guide and make sure that you shoot them all in numerical order, plus you will know that if you can't find one it's because you haven't looked hard enough yet rather than wonder if that's the one you've already shot, and having only shot 198 or 199 after going the through the guide will infuriate you because it's going to take 5 or 6 hours to check the whole lot again.

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i agree--wait till after the story to do all of the collection cheeves, but i think its best to take care of the random strangers during playthru because theyre triggered by the script. i had a lot of fun playing the story and doing all the side quests, but i didnt really know what i had and hadnt done at the end.

Posted by sadelack on 31 May 09 at 02:41

I too did it this way. If you accidentally shoot a bird, be sure to mark in on a map or something.

Posted by Spandi on 08 Jun 09 at 14:08

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