Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition

Playing this game almost 20 years ago playing with cheats I never realized how hard this game truly was. Some of these missions can be down right annoying especially with the controls and overall clunkyness. I would suggest doing the Pizza Boy Delivers ASAP you will raise your health to 150.

Second I would get a tank and do the Vigilante level 12 as soon as you get to the second city. To easily get a tank go to Sunshine Autos and get to the second floor, and start shooting cars and people out the windows. Once you reach 6 stars, the Tank will come, all you need to do is ***shoot the tank driver***(You will get busted) and steal the Rhino without getting busted. Then bring the tank a garage and save your game. Doing these two things will make the game a lot easier as there are a few missions that are a challenge.

Last thing is to unlock the last mission you need to have 6 of your properties that produce money one of those 6 MUST be the Print Works. To get properties to produce money you just need to complete all the missions for them.

Story missions

The Introduction:
In The Beginning...
An Old Friend

Ken Rosenberg:
The Party
Back Alley Brawl
Jury Fury
Riot

Avery Carrington:
Four Iron
Demolition Man
Two Bit Hit

Juan Cortez:
Treacherous Swine
Mall Shootout
Guardian Angels
Sir, Yes Sir!
All Hands On Deck!

Ricardo Diaz:
The Chase
Phnom Penh '86
The Fastest Boat
Supply & Demand
Rub Out

Kent Paul:
Death Row
Print Works
Cap the Collector

Tommy Vercetti:
Keep Your Friends Close...

Asset missions:
Tommy Vercetti
Shakedown
Bar Brawl
Cop Land
Update 1.03 Glitches should be fixed but I will leave them up because you never know!
(Possible glitch 1* )

*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***One is when you need to lure the two officers and the garage door is closed and won't open. Failing the mission and restarting from the beginning fixes the issue.

(Possible glitch 2*)

*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***When you blow up Tarbrush Cafe, you have to walk straight. If you walk left or right, you will fail the mission. Another workaround is simply using a different entrance and leave Lance behind running ahead and activate the bomb. After you retrieve him and head back to Vercetti Estates to finish the mission.

The Pole Position Club:
Spend $300 Inside the "Dance Room"

Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory:
Distribution: sell 50 "ice creams" (Needs to be in one go. Go down to the docks as there are very little cops and usually a lot of people as well as a pay n' spray if needed. You gain 1 wanted star for every 4 deals you do.)

Sunshine Autos:
Sunshine Autos Import Garage: complete all 4 lists (Images of cars- https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Sunshine_Autos_Import_Garage)

Boatyard:
Checkpoint Charlie (The speed boat on the right) This will complete the boat yard. However.....According to GTAmissions1 you can get 100% before finishing the final story missions. Here is what they said....

"Apparently the boat yard can be completed three times and it counted as 1 percent each time as long as the boatyard asset cutscene is shown. A total of four percent it can count towards the 100 percent.

Here is the breakdown of how I did it:

1st time: Squalo (left boat)
2nd time: Jetmax (right boat)
3rd time: Squalo (left boat)

As long as three minutes show and the asset unlocked cutscene shows, it will count as 1 percent along with a notification on the top right saying "new shirt unlocked at Vercetti estate.""

I can personally confirm I got 100% with doing the 2 extra checkpoint charlie boat races without doing any Rampage missions. It appears that either rampage missions are not required for 100% or something was change/messed up.
Who knows if this is a glitch, if they messed up the percentages, or if 100% is totally random.

As of update 1.03 it looks like Rockstar might have tried to fix this but was not fully successful. Make a extra save just to be on the safe side who knows! Check out the comments or leave a comment below! I am going to try my best to keep this up to date with all the patches that have came out and that will keep coming.

InterGlobal Studios:
Recruitment Drive
Dildo Dodo
Martha's Mug Shot
G-Spotlight

Kaufman Cabs:
V.I.P.
Friendly Rivalry
Cabmaggedon

Malibu Club:
No Escape?
The Shootist
The Driver
The Job

Phil Cassidy:
Gun Runner
Boomshine Saigon
Print Works
Spilling The Beans
Hit The Courier

Gang missions

Umberto Robina:
Stunt Boat Challenge
Cannon Fodder
Naval Engagement
Trojan Voodoo

Auntie Poulet:
Juju Scramble
Bombs Away!
Dirty Lickin's

Love Fist:
Love Juice
Psycho Killer
Publicity Tour

Mitch Baker:
Alloy Wheels of Steel
Messing with the Man
Hog Tied

Assassination missions:
Road Kill
Waste the Wife
Autocide
Check Out at the Check In
Loose Ends (Locked until a certain point in the game)

Side missions
Street races: (Sunshine Autos: Use the racecar unlocked after finding all 4 car lists for fast and easy wins)

Terminal Velocity
Ocean Drive
Border Run
Capital Cruise
Tour!
V.C. Endurance

Hyman Memorial Stadium events: (Top left corner of map)
The events are rotated every day (Hotring → Bloodring → Dirtring), and are only available between 20:00 and 00:00.
Hotring: win 1st place-The large pink circle will repair your car.
Bloodring-Let everyone go then go for the check point rings to add up to 1 minute.
Dirtring-Just get all the rings no time limit.

Chopper Checkpoint: (Locations- https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Chopper_Checkpoints)
Ocean Beach
Vice Point
Little Haiti
Downtown

Off-Road missions:
PCJ Playground (Location- https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/PCJ_Playground)
Cone Crazy (Location- https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Cone_Crazy)
Trial by Dirt (Location- https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Trial_by_Dirt)
Test Track (Location- https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Test_Track)

RC vehicle missions:
RC Bandit Race (Location- https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/RC_Bandit_Race)
RC Baron Race (Location- https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/RC_Baron_Race)
RC Raider Pickup (Location- https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/RC_Raider_Pickup)

Vehicle missions: (Not very hard. Just take your time and dont hit too many objects)
Pizza Boy: complete Level 10 (150HP)
Paramedic: complete Level 12 (Unlimited sprint)
Firefighter: complete Level 12 (Never catch on fire)
Vigilante or Brown Thunder: complete Level 12 (150 Armor)(Do it in a tank see above*)
Taxi Driver: complete 100 Fares

Other missions:
Rifle Range: Earn at least 45 points (Located in Downtown Ammu-nation after mission The Shootist)

Tips: Front target 1 point. Middle target 2 points. back target 3 points. You need to shoot all 5 parts to get the points.
Shoot out the middle 4 for the target in the front and that's it. Do the same for the middle target as well. The back target comes out on the left side every time! Finishing off the back target by the middle of its run is where you should be most of the time if you want to be on track for 45 point. I only shot the middle target a few times and that usually only if I was a little slow you should mostly focus on the back target. Once complete you will receive the notification that "you now have fast reload" Note you will win $500 if you get over 30 points make sure you get 45 points and that notification.

Collectibles:
Collect all 100 Hidden Packages. (Thanks Maka!) ()

Complete all 35 Rampages. (https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Rampages_in_GTA_Vice_City)

Complete all 36 Unique Jumps.( https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_Stunt_Jumps)
Others

Buy all 7 safehouses. (https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Safehouses_in_GTA_Vice_City)

Rob all 15 stores.
Vice City Beach
1.Bunch of Tools, Washington Beach
2.The Jewelers, Vice Point, just North of Well Stacked Pizza
3.Corner Store, between El Swanko Casa and North Point Mall
4.Dispensary, Vice Point, just West from the Corner Store
5.Gash, North Point Mall (ground floor counter)
6.Tooled Up, ground floor of North Point Mall
7.Vinyl Countdown, upper level of North Point Mall
8.Family Jewels, ground floor of North Point Mall
Vice City Mainland
9.The Jewelers, Downtown, east of Well Stacked Pizza Co.
10.Dispensary, Downtown, just east from Rock City
11.Ryton Aide, Little Haiti
12.Brownstone Laundromat, Little Havana
13.Café Robina, Little Havana
14.Screw This, Little Havana
15.Calleggi Delicatessen Restaurant, Little Havana, North of Little Havana VCPD

Let me know if I should add anything! Thanks!

Thanks GTAmissions1 for possible glitches and solutions for a mission.

Following the good advice given by mattdanky in his solution, I've found a way to get 100% from any % you already have.

Yes the boatyard glitch still works, and it works very well.
Here is a video guide:
(not my video, thanks culvercat)

I've done 100% from 88%.
Yes, sometimes the counter does not increment and you could think the glitch does not work anymore.
But do not stop, go save, reload the save, try again and you will see the % increase.
Repeat until you have the 100%

Getting 100% is easy with the right setup, but time consuming. Most of this game is side questing and not spent on missions. Here is the setup that had me get 100% consistently.
I repeat these steps at every island that opens up. I don't have to worry about money and tend to be overpowered for the missions.

https://mapgenie.io/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/maps/vice-cit...

MapGenie has a great interactive map that i use to track my completion and to plan the next mission.

Start after completing the main story mission "The Party". This unlocks another outfit, which acts as a police bribe.
Collect all hidden packages you can. Not all of them are available at the start.
Purchase safe houses when they become available. Then, purchase any assets when you can. Assets get unlocked after the Shakedown mission. Assets also have a save point. Between assets and safehouses, you will not be too far from a safe point if you get into trouble.
Complete vehicle missions. Pizza delivery, taxi, and paramedic should be done on the first island. Firefighter can only be done in Downtown VC. Vigilante should be done after the Rhino unlocks with the 100th package.
Do all stunt jumps.
Do all rampages.
Complete Chopper checkpoint, off-road missions, RC missions, and Bloodring missions. Note that a different event is held at the stadium each day.
Complete all robberies.
Complete gang missions and phone missions as they unlock. Unlike GTA3, gangs do not become openly hostile to you after missions.
Complete asset missions. Start with the film studio. This unlocks the last hidden packages and unique stunt jumps. Do the assets in any order you choose, but have the print shop for last. You need to have 6 assets, including the print shop, generating income to unlock the endgame missions of Cap the Collector and Keep Your Friends Close.
Complete main story missions.

I don't need to wait for assets to generate money. I also have decent weapons at the safehouses and a lot of ammo, with boosted stats before I start going into the first set of missions.