The briefing
The Big Score (Obvious Approach) is a Story Mode mission for Lester Crest in Vanilla Unicorn; Arcadius Business Center; McKenzie Field Hangar.
Playable character: Michael De Santa; Franklin Clinton; Trevor Philips. The mission is classified as branching choice, heist.
Objective route — story spoilers
1. Board the car.
2. Destination: the bank.
3. Drill through the wall into the bank vault.
4. Park the cutter out of the way by the wall.
5. Place explosive charges on the vault doors.
6. Stand back and detonate the charges.
7. Defend the first gunman from the NOOSE team.
8. Defend against the NOOSE team.
9. Fly out of the city.
10. Escape with the second gunman.
11. Board the car.
12. Escape the wanted level.
13. Stay with the getaway driver.
14. Drop the gold on the train car.
15. Land at the airfield.
Gold medal targets
Headshots: Eliminate 20 enemies with headshots.
Time: Time limit: 16:00.
Cha-Ching: Drop the gold on the train within 30 seconds.
Accuracy: Complete with a shooting accuracy of at least 60%.
Gold targets can be accumulated across mission replays. A medal run is separate from the mission’s ordinary completion requirement.
Rewards and unlocks
The Big One! Achievement
Branches and alternatives
This record retains the named branch or preparation variant. Alternative heist plans and endings have separate pages; completing the campaign does not require playing mutually exclusive versions in a single save.
Sources & further reading
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