The Bureau Raid

Type	MISSION
The Bureau Raid
Appears in	V
For	Heists
Location	Darnell Bros., La Mesa
Protagonist(s)	Michael De Santa Franklin Clinton
Target	FIB Headquarters
Conditions of mission failure
Wasted Busted Helicopter destroyed before heist starts One of the crew members dies Hacking device destroyed Crew is left behind
Rewards
Rewards	The Government Gimp Achievement None (as Michael)
Missions
Unlocks	The Wrap Up Abandonment Issues
Unlocked by	Architect's Plans
Technical Information
Time of day	In-game time

The Bureau Raid is the fifth heist mission in Grand Theft Auto V.

Preparation

In order to perform the heist, Michael may need to perform a couple of side-missions (Heist Setups) to get the necessary equipment. The preparation missions vary based on the approach chosen in Architect's Plans.

Covert Approach

Two preparation mission have to be performed:

The first one, Fire Truck, involves stealing a fire truck to be used in the heist. The second, Getaway Vehicle, involves parking a vehicle near the FIB Headquarters to be used in the escape.

Roof Approach

There are no heist setup missions required for this approach.

Mission

If playing as Michael, you arrive at the garment factory in time to see Lester Crest preparing to torch the place, having decided that completing the upcoming FIB raid will result in the need to find a new base of operations. Franklin arrives soon after (if playing as Franklin, you miss part of this cutscene). Michael and Franklin then depart and head out to do the heist.

Depending on the chosen approach in Architect's Plans, the mission will play out in either of two ways:

Covert Entry

Drive to the FIB Building on Pillbox Hill. While driving, Michael will call Franklin to prepare a fire truck and the assigned crew members. After arriving at the headquarters, enter the building and go to the turnstiles. Michael shows the security guard Harvey Molina's ID, and is granted entry. Go to the elevator to the 49th floor.

On the 49th floor, head for the maintenance room and pick up the mop and bucket of water. Go to the office floor. Mop the dirty floor wisely, as mopping will cause dirt. Clean the mop in the bucket if it is dirty and keep on mopping. After that, plant the bomb in the open locker. Head for the next room and mop the floor. There are 4 dirty sections. It will take quite a while, especially on the far side of the room. Then, plant the bomb in the restroom. Pick up the mop and bucket and return them to the maintenance room. Get back to the elevator and leave the office.

Michael will call Franklin, who is now in a fire truck, and will inform him that the charges are set. Pick him up from Pillbox Hill. Before driving, open up the cellphone, then in Contacts select "Detonate".

After the cutscene showing the top floors of the building exploding, drive the fire truck to the FIB building. You will be in fireman's gear when you get out. Enter the building, ignoring the people standing there. Upon disembarking on the 47th floor, you have a limited supply of oxygen, so run fast and carefully. Keep following your crew up to the 53rd floor, which contains the target: a hard drive. Move to the server room, which you will find locked. Plant explosives on the door and blow it up. Approach the mainframe and steal the hard drive.

Follow Michael and the rest of the crew out of the building. Focus on running, ignoring the falling glass. As you and the crew go downstairs, the building behind you will collapse. Follow the crew to an alternate route by a locked door. When your crew tries to open it, there is a sudden explosion from ahead- if you have two unskilled gunman in your crew, the one with the least experience will die in the explosion; if there's one unskilled and one skilled gunman in your crew, the bad gunman always dies. However, if both of the gunman are skilled, the explosion will just knock one of them unconscious. Help him or confirm his death and keep moving, watching your oxygen supply as you go. Forget about the breaking pieces of stones, just keep running. An opening is seen- go down and be careful not to fall. While running, there'll be a sudden explosion, knocking Franklin unconscious. After waking up, the crew is a floor below him, try to get to them as quickly as possible. FIB agents will start shooting at you with pistols; kill them. 

You must now run to the elevator shaft and rappel down. The game will instruct you on how to do this. Watch out for falling objects as you rappel down. After rappelling, leave the building and get inside the fire truck. Drive to the getaway location (the location where you parked your getaway vehicle during the heist setup). Destroy the fire truck after getting out and run far away from it. Finally, go to Lester's house. Mission complete.

Roof Entry

Drive to the NOOSE Headquarters (government facility) near Tataviam Mountains and off Palomino Freeway. After heading to the NOOSE building, time advances to late midnight. Get in the helicopter and fly to the jump zone in the form of a corona.

Jump out from the helicopter. Do not use the parachute immediately; instead, freefall until you are about a quarter of the distance from the building and then deploy it, steering the parachute carefully. Once you are inside the building, you will find the server room is locked. Plant a sticky bomb on the door and detonate it. 

Hack the server terminal. The programs are on the cellphone, so Michael connects it to the machine. You are controlling the computer. Here are the steps:

• Access My Computer.
• Select External Device (J:)
• Click on HackConnect.exe.
• HackConnect.exe is a IP hacking program. The red number combination (e.g. 44.22.77.98) shows the correct combination. Select a set of 4 numbers on the number board. You have 1 minute to do this.
• Select BruteForce.exe.
• BruteForce.exe is a password decryption program. Red letters per column indicate the password. Select them until you form the word with red letters.
• Finally, a program called Down&Out.exe will appear on the menu. Select it and you should see a message such as "Copying file "N:\Townley M\PaletoBayBankJob.docu".

After hacking, a security team has been deployed. Attack the team while the download is in process. Press the button assigned to see a glance of the download process. During the process, the chopper is brought in, but a Buzzard shows up and fires a rocket, destroying it and hitting a couple of floors. Keep fighting until a team with smoke bombs start attacking you. Try using Michael's "Bullet-time" ability for greater precision and a perfect shot.

Download completed, Michael will take the connected cellphone back.

Escape the FIB building, killing FIB agents along your way. The sprinkler system reduces visibility, so the assigned hacker will shut down the fire suppression system. A cutscene will show the wrecked helicopter as it falls to the ground. Continue fending off the agents.

After going down, you must rappel outside the building. All opposing units, both on ground and in the air are on the scene, waiting for the crew. During the descent, the hacker will warn you that an air unit is on sight. It is another Buzzard. Watch out, as it will be using Miniguns. Use Michael's ability to shoot the pilot's head (an RPG or minigun are other good options). Now advance and rappel again. Kill the last group of units on the ground. 

The escape depends on the driver you choose. If an experienced or skilled driver is chosen, he or she will show up in an ambulance, thus fooling the cops and avoiding wanted level. But if an inexperienced driver is chosen he will show up in a van and the player will have to overcome a 4 star wanted level. Get inside, and drive to Franklin's place in Vinewood Hills for a debrief (the driver will take the ambulance/van away to be disposed of). Mission complete.

Either way, everyone except Michael gets their cuts. Michael, in a sign of support for his team, voluntarily chooses not to take a cut on this heist following a discussion he has with Franklin en route to the mission start point.

Mission Objectives

Covert Approach

• Go to the FIB Headquarters. - (Michael)
• Enter the building and go to the turnstile. - (Michael)
• Go to the elevator. - (Michael)
• Get the mop. - (Michael)
• Go to the offices. - (Michael)
• Mop the floor. - (Michael)
• Plant the bomb on the cabinet. - (Michael)
• Go to the next room. - (Michael)
• Mop the floor. - (Michael)
• Plant the bomb on the bathroom. - (Michael)
• Get the bucket. - (Michael)
• Put the mop back on the maintenance room. - (Michael)
• Go to the elevator and get out of the building. - (Michael)
• Pick Michael on Pillbox Hill. - (Franklin)
• Use the cellphone to detonate the C4. - (Franklin)
• Go to the FIB Headquarters. - (Franklin)
• Enter the building. - (Franklin)
• Go to the elevator. - (Franklin)
• Go to the top floor. - (Franklin)
• Plant a bomb on the door and detonate. - (Franklin)
• Pick the containment drive. - (Franklin)
• Follow the crew out of the building. - (Franklin)
• Go to the elevator shaft. - (Franklin)
• Go to the fire truck. - (Franklin)
• Go to the getaway vehicle. - (Franklin)
• Destroy the fire truck. - (Franklin)
• Go to Lester's house. - (Franklin)

Roof Approach

• Go to the NOOSE Headquarters. - (Michael)
• Enter in the helicopter and fly to the dropping point. - (Michael)
• Land on the FIB Headquarters. - (Michael)
• Plant a bomb on the door and detonate. - (Michael)
• Hack the computer. - (Michael)
• Hold the FIB agents until the download is complete. - (Michael or Franklin)
• Escape the FIB building. - (Michael or Franklin)
• Use the rappel to get to the ground. - (Michael or Franklin)
• Take down the FIB chopper. - (Michael or Franklin)
• Go to the getaway vehicle. - (Michael or Franklin)
• Lose the police (Only if you selected a bad driver) - (Michael or Franklin)
• Go to Franklin's house. - (Michael or Franklin)

Gold Medal Objectives

Covert Approach

• Time - Complete within 18:00
• Out of Breath - Escape with 40% oxygen remaining
• You Missed a Spot - Complete the mopping section within 03:00
• Abseiler - Abseil down the elevator shaft within 30 seconds

Roof Approach

• Time - Complete within 19:00
• No Innocents - Don't kill any innocent civilians (the team will encounter a medic tending to wounded during the building escape; don't shoot him)
• Headshots - Kill 20 enemies with a headshot
• Accuracy - Finish with a shooting accuracy of at least 70%
• Perfect Drop - Land perfectly on the main section of the roof
• Hacker - Hack the system within 45 seconds

Aftermath

WNKA International Newspaper

Covert Approach
"Troubling news from across the pond as a fire that gutted the top floors of the FIB's West Coast Headquarters in Los Santos, San Andreas has turned out to be cover of a massive data theft. An emergency containment hard drive in the server system was found to be missing, as fire inspectors found clear signs of arson in the building. The FIB are yet to make a formal statement detailing the contents of the files on the missing hard drive, or how Bureau security could have been breached so dramatically. In classic Vinewood style, the investigation is being headed by Steve Haines, an FIB agent come cheap TV presenter."

Roof Approach
"Unknown assailants who broke into the Federal Investigation Bureau's West Coast Headquarters were forced to fight their way out after their escape helicopter crashed into the building. This morning the FIB is dealing with the effects of the fire, and pertinent questions about how the security system allowed such a breach. Following the incident celebrity Special Agent Steve Haines gave a press conference vowing to bring whoever was responsible to justice.

Bleeter Posts

• @southernmarygjv - "Those terrorists getting into the FIB building is just the start. I know it. This is bad. I'm so freaked out. The guy at the Kebab house just looked at me funny."
• @bryceinchtin - "Now the FIB's headquarters are compromised? WTF!!! President Lawton dropped the ball again! Our national security is a joke!"

Trivia

• The initial Weazel News report will indicate the same data theft and fire as other media. Strangely, the newscasters are different than those usually heard delivering the news. Later on, it will be stated in the news that the raid was a false alarm, and that it was just a fire.
• The covert version of the raid is based on the CIA HQ heist featured in the first Mission: Impossible movie, where Ethan Hunt and his team pose as firefighters, set off the fire alarm to gain access to the building, and finally steal the N.O.C. list and escape.
• The computer password in the roof approach will be different every time you play the mission. It can be "sentinel", "unlocked", "dynamite" or even "creampie" (a creampie being a sexual act, in keeping in with Rockstar's reputation for sexual humor).
• If you played as Michael while retrieving a getaway car, he will still complain about trying to get there quickly or rush Franklin, even though he is the one who placed the getaway car.
• If Hugh Welsh is picked, after Michael hacks into the system and the FIB agents start coming, he will say, "This escalated quickly", a reference to the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
• This is the only heist where not all characters get their cut as Michael does not get his cut (Trevor is persona non grata and not involved).
• The firefighter outfit is the only outfit acquired in the gameplay (along with the military bomb suits from The Paleto Score and Franklin's white tuxedo from Deep Inside) that cannot be kept and added to the players wardrobe.
• If the crew gets out of the Ambulance during the escape and drives a new vehicle, Michael will still compliment the driver for them choosing to use an Ambulance.
• The Sticky Bombs that Michael puts are actually a enlarged TBOGT model, instead of the GTA V model. Perhaps those cutscenes were BETA and it still unchanged.
• This mission was originally called "The Agency Heist" in BETA version of the game. This is noted in the gamefiles.
  • There is also a soundtrack of the same name, "The Agency Heist".
• After completing the heist, Lester's garment factory will be boarded up from fire damage and inaccessible hereafter.
• The FIB building appears to be no more than 53 stories high; however, the buttons on the elevator's controls go at least as high as 59 stories.
• Sometimes, when you restart the covert approach, in the point where you play as Franklin, he runs out of oxygen and dies instantly.
• Interestingly the emergency services seem to disappear when seen approaching the FIB Building while rappelling down the building (Roof Entry Only), as when the player gets to the bottom, the 10-13 police Interceptors coming round the corner are not seen on the streets, and only one Ambulance and 2 fire trucks are seen outside the building.
• The FIB Granger that comes around the corner has a unique drift sound affect when it speeds past the player (roof entry only), the same sound affect is used in The Big One and Legal Trouble (when molly is first in sight)

Videos

GTA 5 Walkthrough Part 51 - HEIST The Bureau Raid (Covert)

The Bureau Raid Walkthrough (Convert)

GTA 5 - Mission 68 - The Bureau Raid (Roof Entry) 100% Gold Medal Walkthrough

The Bureau Raid (Roof Entry) 100% Gold Medal Walkthrough