Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Cheats

How to use these cheats

Follow the instructions exactly as written — key names like [Ctrl] and [Enter] refer to keyboard keys. Cheats may disable achievements; save first.

Cheat Codes: Activate the following cheats by entering the corresponding codes during game play or at the pause menu:

CHEAT FUNCTION – CHEAT CODE Adrenaline effects – munasef Aggressive traffic – ylteicz All cars have nitrous – speedfreak Always 00:00 or 12:00 – xjvsnaj Always 21:00 – ofviac Armor, health, and money [Note 1] – hesoyam Beach party theme – cikgcgx Beater traffic – bgkgtjh Black traffic – iowdlac Bounty on your head – bagowpg Carnival theme – crazytown Cars fly away – bsxsggc City in chaos – iojufzn CJ jumps higher – kangaroo Cloudy weather – alnsfmzo Commit suicide – szcmawo Deadly vehicle – jcnruad Destroy all cars – cpktnwt Fast motion – speeditup Flying boats – flyingfish Flying cars – ripazha Foggy weather – cfvfgmj Gangs and workers – mroemzh Gangs only – bifbuzz Hitman level in all weapons – professionalkiller Infinite ammunition [Note 3] – fullclip Infinite health – baguvix Invisible cars – xicwmd Kinky theme – bekknqv Lower wanted levell – asnaeb Manual weapon control in cars – ouiqdmw Massive BMX bunny hops – cjphonehome Maximum fat [Note 2] – btcdbcb Maximum lung capacity – cvwkxam Maximum muscle – buffmeup Maximum respect – worshipme Maximum sex appeal – helloladies Maximum vehicle skills – naturaltalent No fat or muscle – kvgyzqk No hunger – aeduwnv Pedestrians are Elvis – bluesuedeshoes Pedestrians attack with guns – bgluawml Pedestrians have weapons – foooxft Pedestrians riot – ajlojyqy Perfect handling – pggomoy Pink traffic – llqpfbn Raise wanted level – osrblhh Recruit anyone into gang with guns – sjmahpe Recruit anyone into gang with rocket launcher – zsoxfsq Reduced traffic – ghosttown Rural theme – bmtpwhr Rural traffic – fvtmnbz Sandstorm weather – cwjxuoc Six star wanted level – bringiton Slow motion – slowitdown Spawn Bloodring Banger – cqzijmb Spawn Caddy – rzhsuew Spawn Dozer – eegcyxt Spawn Hunter – ohdude Spawn Hydra – jumpjet Spawn Jetpack – rocketman Spawn Monster – monstermash Spawn Parachute – aiypwzqp Spawn Quad – akjjyglc Spawn Racecar – pdnejoh Spawn Racecar – vpjtqwv Spawn Rancher – jqntdmh Spawn Rhino – aiwprton Spawn Romero – aqtbcodx Spawn Stretch – celebritystatus Spawn Stunt Plane – urkqsrk Spawn Tanker – amomhrer Spawn Trashmaster – truegrime Spawn Vortex – kgggdkp Speed up time – ysohnul Sports car traffic – gusnhde Rainy weather – auifrvqs Stormy weather – mghxyrm Sunny weather – afzllqll Super punches – iavenjq Taxi missions completed – vkypqcf Traffic lights remain green – zeiivg Very sunny weather – icikpyh Wanted level never increases – aezakmi Weapons (tier 1) [Note 4] – lxgiwyl Weapons (tier 2) – kjkszpj Weapons (tier 3) – uzumymw Yakuza theme – ninjatown

NOTE 1: Enabling this code during a mission will give you 40 street cred points, which is a good way to counteract the drop in reputation that happens when other cheat codes are used. NOTE 2: If this code is enabled after running, you might have a heart attack and get wasted. However, having maximum muscle and maximum fat is useful for car missions. It is not too good if you are going for a run because C.J. will run slowly, but he will not have a heart attack. NOTE 3: If you have dated Barbara and Katie, then disable the “Unlimited ammunition” code. NOTE 4: If you have started off with the “Tier 1 weapon” code, you cannot simply switch to Tiers 2 or 3 by entering the codes. Instead, you must use up all ammunition, buy new weapons at Ammunation, or better yet, get wasted or busted.

Modify vehicle characteristics: To modify the characterisics of a vehicle, you will need to edit a gamefile; create a backup before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the “handling.cfg” file in the ” ockstar gamesgta san andreasdata” folder. You will see a list of all the vehicles and a description of each multiplier factor. You can modify the acceleration, top speed, mass, monetary value, transmission, gravity center etc. Two player mode: To unlock two player mode, beat the Burning Desire mission where you rescure Denise. A red two player free roam icon will now appear on Denise’s porch. The icon will appear there when she is home and will go on a date. Try having two players enter a vehicle; the passenger will have free aim with a machine gun. Make sure to not kill Denise or you will not be able to play two player mode. Additionally, once you get your girlfriend, take her on a date. After you drop her off, there will be a rotating icon of two people directly in front of the door. Walk into it. It will tell you to push any button on the controller two. Do so to start two player mode, involving CJ and his girlfriend in a free roam.

Two player mode in Los Santos: To play with two players in Los Santos, in the Ganton area, start from Grove Street where the Johnson house is located. Drive under the first bridge and continue straight. You will drive over some railroad track and then under another bridge. Take the first right turn which is a dead end. Continue until your cars reaches the grass. On your left will be an open doorway. Walk through it to find a “2 Player” icon. Press any button on controller two to begin two player mode. Also, on the mission from Big Smoke, go north of his house and you will come across some run-down buildings; go through them to find a two player free roam icon.

Two player mode in San Fierro: To play with two players in San Fierro, nearby your garage is a large building with a parking lot on both sides. You will find a two player icon on the right side.

Two player mode in Bone County: To play with two players in Bone County, start from the abandoned airstrip and head west and then north onto the road. You will come across black-brown colored building on the south side of the road with a large balcony surrounding it. Follow the balcony half way around and you will find a two player mode icon.

Two player mode in Tierra Robada: To play with two players in Tierra Robada, start at your safe house in El Quebrados. Get on the street and head south until it turns left around the corner of a building. On the south side of the building will be a two player free roam icon.

Two player mode in Whetstone: To play with two players in Whetstone, go to the General Store in Dilmore to find a two player icon. Freight Train missions bonus: To get $50,000 and free train rides, complete level 2 of the Freight Train missions.

Fire truck missions bonus: To make CJ fireproof, complete level 12 of the fire truck missions. Note: To start the fire truck missions, steal a firetruck. Mike Toreno missions bonus: To get a minigun, flamethrower, rocket launcher, and homing rocket launcher to appear at Mike Toreno’s cabin in Tierra Robada, complete all missions assigned by Mike Toreno.

Paramedic missions bonus: To increase your health limit to 150, complete level 12 of the paramedic missions. Note: To start the paramedic missions, steal an ambulance.

Pimping missions bonus: To receive money from prostitutes instead of having to pay them, complete level 10 of the Pimping missions. Note: To start the Pimping missions, steal the pimp convertible in the car wash parking lot near the Pay N’ Spray.

Quarry missions bonus: To get the Hunter Quarry asset and Quarry Mission time-trials, complete level 7 of the Quarry missions.

Taxi missions bonus: To unlock hydarulics and nitrous on all taxi-class vehicles, complete 50 fares on the Taxi missions. Note: To start the Taxi missions, steal a taxi.

Truck missions bonus: To unlock RS Haul as a property, complete level 8 of the Truck missions. Note: To start the Truck missions, steal a truck.

Valet Parking missions bonus: To own the San Fierro Valet Parking as an asset property, complete level 5 of the Valet Parking missions in downtown San Fierro.

Vigilante missions bonus: To increase your armor limit to 150, complete level 12 of the vigilante missions. Note: To start the Vigilante missions, steal a police vehicle.

Horseshoe bonus: To make a M4, MP5, combat shotgun, and satchel charges appear at the Four Dragons Casino, collect all fifty horsehoes in Las Venturas.

Oyster bonus: To increase your sex appeal and lung capacity, collect all 50 oysters. Note: One of the oysters is by the Sherman Dam; to access it, get a Sea Sparrow which can land on water.

Racing bonus: To get $1,000,000, place 1st in all races at the four racing locations across San Andreas. Note: The racing locations are marked with a checkered flag on the map.

Snapshot bonus: To get a sniper rifle, Micro SMG, shotgun, and grenades to appear at your San Fierro garage, take all 50 snapshots in San Fierro.

Tag bonus: To get an AK-47, Tec-9, Sawn-off shotgun, and Molotov cocktails to appear inside your house on Grove Street, spray all 100 hidden tags in Los Santos. 100% game completion bonuses: Get a 100% game completion and CJ will get a stats boost, extra money, and a Rhino and Hydra will be delivered to his house on Grove Street.

Increase muscle or stamina: To easily increase your muscle or stamina, at about 22:00, go to a gym and work out, maxing yourself. After working out enough for the day, wait another minute until the time is 0:00. Max yourself out again for that day then go home.

Increase weapon skill: To easily increase your weapon skill, get a high wanted level and go into a restaurant(Burger Shot works best). Shoot everyone with the weapon that you want to increase in rank. Then, walk around and wait. The police will appear, but will not shoot you. Police will raise your weapon skill faster than pedestrians.

Increase driving skill: To easily increase your driving skill, go to San Fierro and pass the tests at the driving school. Additionally, find a tractor or a slow moving car. Drive the roads without going too fast. This will take awhile, but will increase your driving skills.

Increase underwater skill: To easily increase your underwater skill and lung capacity, repeatedly swim underwater.

Easy max Lung Capacity: To easily max your lung capacity, dive underwater and wait for your breath to go out which will cause you to lose health; then continue to enable the “Armor, health, money, and street creds” code when your health is low.

Raising stats quicker: To raise your stats quicker, swin under a pier and stay in one position to raise your muscle, stamina, and lung capacity.

Stuck in water: If you get stuck in the water, enable the “Spawn Hotring Racer” and then “Spawn Jetpack” codes. It will appear when you are on a non watery surface. Quickly jump on the car. Unlock areas quickly: To unlock all areas quickly, enable the “Wanted level never increases” code. Go to the shaded areas of the game and they will become unlocked. If you go to a safe house and save the game, all areas will be unlocked from now on. However, in order not to be wanted when you go back into these areas, you must enable the “Wanted level never increases” code again, but you will be free to roam around. Revealing territories: To easily reveal large amounts of new territories in San Fierro, Las Venturas, and some in Las Santos, get a plane and fly all the way to either the southeast, southwest, northeast, or northwest of the map where the ocean is found. Keep flying for thirty minutes in that direction, then jump out of the plane. Do not open the parachute and intentionally drown. When you arrive at the hospital, check your map. You will see that there are enormous amounts of new territories in San Fierro, Las Venturas, and some in Las Santos.

Quick map fill in Los Santos: To get all of the map showing in the starting area of the game, get on the freeway and continue going until you cannot go further. Then, pause the game and the entire bottom right half of the map will be marked as explored. Gain respect: To gain respect, stay in your neighborhood and get a wanted star, then kill all the police that arrive. After reaching a four star wanted level, you will gain some respect. Additionally, completing missions is not the only way to earn respect. You can also earn respect by spraying other gang’s tags, and by taking over another gang’s area.

Respect status: Your respect is made up of the following:

Running Respect (see below) – 40% Mission Progress – 36% Territory Under Control – 6% Money – 6% Fitness – 4% Clothes – 4% Girlfriend Progress – 4%

Your Running Respect is changed by the following:

Territory gained – 30% Killing a gang member – .5% Killing a dealer – .005% Killing a member of your gang – -.005% A member of your gang is killed – -2% Territory lost – -3%

Your respect affects the number of gang members that you can recruit:

Above 1% – 2 Above 10% – 3 Above 20% – 4 Above 40% – 5 Above 60% – 6 Above 80% – 7

Easy money: To easily earn money, enter a bar and beat up all of the customers with a pool cue, bat, or nightstick. More customers will continue to spawn and some will drop money.

Easy Hitman rating: To easily increase your Hitman rating, shoot at the black part of a wheel. If you shoot at the rim it will not work. Keep on shooting until the skill bar is all the way up for the desired weapon.

Wanted levels: Reach the following wanted levels to have the corresponding law enforcement officers, weapons, and vehicles chase you:

One star – Police officers on foot, in cars, and bikes will chase you. They have 9mms and nightsticks. If you do not have a gun out, they will try to beat you with their nightsticks. If you have a gun out, they will shoot.

Two stars – Police officers in cars and bikes will chase you. They will have 9mms and nightsticks, although they will not use their nightsticks. They will shoot at you whether or not you have a gun equipped. If you are in a car, cops will drive faster.

Three stars – Police officers in cars will chase you. Police choppers will shoot you. Police cars will go fast enough to be able to keep up with you and roadblocks will be in placed.

Four stars – Cops in cars and SWAT officers will chase you in SWAT vans. SWAT officers will now rappel from the police choppers. SWAT officers are now in roadblocks and SWAT officers will have Micro SMGs. If you are in an aircraft, a Hydra will go after you to shoot you down.

Five stars – FBI agents will go after you with FBI Ranchers. The police chopper still goes after you, and the FBI will replace the SWAT men in roadblocks. FBI agents carry SMGs.

Six stars – Military soldiers will go after you in Rhinos (tanks) and Barracks trucks. They will replace the FBI in roadblocks. The army will carry M4s.

Ride your bike faster: Tap W.

Run faster: Tap [Space].

Flying Jetmax II: Get the Jetmax II at the sand and push it back to the water. Run into some pedestrians and one may get get stuck inside the Jetmax II. Get into water and hit the gas. (Screenshot)

Stand on Hydra’s wing: When your flying in the Hydra with the bubbleman code, apply the thrusters forward and use [Down] to aim the Hydra up. Then, monitor it for a while so it does not over or under balance, and it remains pointing up by itself. After that, leave the Hydra, but do not touch anything. You should be standing on the wing of a Hydra that should still be flying up, faster because of the thrusters. You can jump off at anytime to continue the rest of the code.

Ride a bike without pedaling: Get on a bicycle and enable the rocketman code to spawn a Jet Pack. When you press W you will move forward without pedaling.

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