GTA 6 Story Walkthrough — The Complete Playthrough Guide (Launch Day)

What this page is — and what it isn’t

This is the home of our start-to-credits playthrough guide: the “what do I do next, and in what order” companion you keep open while playing. It’s a different job from our Missions hub, which tracks what’s actually confirmed about GTA VI’s missions before release and will index every individual verified mission page at launch. In short: Missions = the reference index. This page = the guided route through the game.

How the walkthrough will be structured

From launch day, this guide builds out in strict story order:

• Opening hours first. The tutorial stretch and first free-roam window get priority — that’s where most players need guidance on day one.
• Sequential chapters after that. Each section publishes only after we’ve played and verified it ourselves, in order, so the guide never gets ahead of what’s been confirmed in-game.
• Route-level guidance here, mission-level detail there. This page tells you where you are in the story, what to do next, and what’s worth handling before moving on. Exact objectives, missable warnings, and rewards for each mission live on that mission’s own page in the Missions hub — every step here links to its full entry.
• Spoiler control carries over. Our tiered spoiler system (defined in the Missions hub) applies here too, so you can follow the route without reading ahead of your own progress.

What’s confirmed about the story you’ll be playing through

Only the essentials, so this page is grounded rather than empty:

• Jason and Lucia are the central pair; a simple robbery gone wrong pulls them into a conspiracy spanning the State of Leonida
• Lucia begins the story leaving Leonida Penitentiary; Jason works for drug runners in the Keys
• Rockstar has framed GTA VI as the biggest, most immersive evolution of the series to date

Switching between the two protagonists is confirmed — at will in the open world, locked during some story beats; the details live on our dual protagonists page. What Rockstar has not detailed is how that plays out across the campaign, mission by mission. Our walkthrough will document the real mechanic once we’ve verified it in-game, not before.

Between now and launch

Bookmark this page — on November 19 the first section goes live and the guide grows daily from there. Until then, our beginner’s guide covers everything worth knowing before you start, and the Missions hub tracks the rumor board.

FAQ

How is this different from the Missions page?
The Missions hub is a reference index — every mission as its own verified entry. This walkthrough is the guided route: story order, what to do next, linking into those entries as you go.

When does the walkthrough start publishing?
Launch day, November 19, 2026, beginning with the opening hours and continuing in story order as we verify each section.

Will it spoil the story?
Not unless you choose to. Our tiered spoiler system lets you see only as much as you want at each step.

Everything here comes from official Rockstar materials. Analysis is labeled. We don’t publish leaks.