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HEIST Ocean Drive, Vice Beach (Vice Beach)
Chapter 3: Neon Nights

Ocean Drive Jewelry Exchange

A high-stakes smash-and-grab heist targeting a premier diamond boutique on Vice Beach's glitziest strip, requiring gas ventilation or high-explosive glass breaches.

Protagonists Lucia & Jason
Estimated Payout$320,000
PrerequisitesScout Ocean View Arcade & Purchase BZ Gas Grenades
Gold Medal Tasks 3 Challenges
Quick Answer & 100% Completion Strategy

Deploy BZ knockout gas through the rooftop HVAC system to incapacitate security guards, smash 18 high-value display vitrines within 90 seconds using Lucia, switch to Jason on Ocean Drive to intercept police cruisers, and escape via the beachfront sandbars on sports motorcycles.

100% Gold Medal Requirements

To achieve Gold Medal status, all objectives must be completed. You can replay this mission at any time from the pause menu without resetting your story progress.

Quick Grab

Clear all 18 display cases in under 90 seconds

💡 Pro Tip: Hold the interact button while running along the central jewelry island.

Lethal Precision

Maintain 75%+ weapon accuracy

💡 Pro Tip: Rely on burst fire from SMGs during the motorcycle escape.

Beach Highway Drift

Escape pursuit along the shoreline without crashing

💡 Pro Tip: Follow the wet tide line for maximum motorcycle traction.

Recommended Loadout & Setup

  • Acquire 2 high-performance Sanchez or Hakuchou sport bikes.
  • Equip heavy body armor and carry BZ gas canisters.

Step-by-Step Tactical Walkthrough

Phase 1: Rooftop Infiltration & Gas Delivery

Stage 1

Grapple up the service ladder behind the Art Deco hotel and vent knockout gas into the primary air ducts.

🎮 Partner Command Strategy:Lucia handles the ventilation bypass while Jason guards the roof exit.

Phase 2: Vitrine Smash & Bagging

Stage 2

Kick down the front glass and sweep the diamond cases before the security company's automated lockdown shutters trigger.

🎮 Partner Command Strategy:Lucia rapidly loots the cases while Jason monitors the street cameras.

Phase 3: Beach Sandbar Motorbike Escape

Stage 3

Sprint out to the waiting motorbikes and flee straight down Vice Beach shoreline, weaving through umbrella fields to ditch police patrol cars.

🎮 Partner Command Strategy:Police cars will lose traction and get stuck in soft dunes; stay on hard-packed wet sand.

Vic Duval's Field Notes

01.

Avoid hitting pedestrians on the boardwalk to keep the pursuit at 3 stars instead of triggering federal response.

02.

The rare sapphire necklace in the manager's wall safe adds an extra $65,000 to the total payout.

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