Playable
A veteran of the Balkan wars who arrives in Liberty City on his cousin's promise of a mansion and finds a cab office and a debt. He stays because the man who sold out his unit is somewhere in the city.
All 90 missions · 2 as giver
GTA IV
Dust Off
50of 90
Mission 50 of 90Story mission
Briefing
The contact wants a helicopter and does not much mind how it is obtained. Niko tracks one from Civilization Plaza, follows it to where it puts down, takes it and flies it to the airport.
The game hands the aircraft over on the ground rather than expecting anybody to learn a helicopter in mid-air.
Objectives
- Get a vehicle and go to the Civilization Plaza
- The helicopter is leaving — track it to its destination
- Follow the helicopter
- Let the helicopter land, then move in to take it
- Take the helicopter
- Fly to the dropoff point on the south side of the Airport
Walkthrough
Following from the ground
The helicopter flies a fixed route regardless of what Niko does — the pilot can be shot and the aircraft carries on — so the tracking half is about keeping up through traffic rather than influencing it.
Three ways to take the guards
Wait for it to land, then pick one: park the car sideways-on and fight from behind it; swim round to the front and come up the stairs, which avoids drawing a wanted level; or simply take the whole group from range with a sniper rifle, which they cannot answer.
The flight
Gain height before crossing the water and keep the turns shallow. The drop-off is a landing rather than a hover — the aircraft has to be put down beside a stand on the south side of the airport.
Where this mission leads
Who this mission brings together, and the ground it covers.
