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This mission crosses over with Buyer's Market.

“

Surround yourself with cocaine and then assholes soon follow!

”

Blow Your Cover is a mission in Grand Theft Auto IV. This is the second mission given to the protagonist Niko Bellic by Elizabeta Torres. It is played from Johnny's point of view in Buyer's Market.

Mission objectives

In order to complete the mission the player must:

Take Playboy to the contact's apartment.
Follow Playboy to meet the contact on the 3rd floor.
Lose your wanted level.

Walkthrough

Elizabeta Torres asks Niko to go with Playboy and Johnny to watch over a drug deal. Take any vehicle that can fit Playboy and drive him to the building in Broker. His yellow Patriot should be parked outside.

Collect the Combat Shotgun under the stairs (shotgun is very useful in this mission, because this mission which seem designed for close quarters combat) and follow Playboy X up to the third floor, and walk up to Johnny.

A cutscene will follow. Johnny, Playboy X and Niko go into a room where two undercover LCPD officers are. One of them asks over and over again, "Are you carrying the stuff?" Then suddenly, as Johnny tries to call the deal off, the two undercover LCPD officers surround Niko and Playboy with guns, yelling, "Freeze, motherfuckers!" Johnny takes out the ambushing NOOSE team, and he and Niko and Playboy X decide to split up so he escapes to the door downstairs on the first floor while Niko and Playboy X head for the roof.

Shoot the officers on the remaining floor and go back to the stairs. Behind it are two NOOSE officers, kill them. Keep going up the stairs with Playboy following you and cover him while you shoot every NOOSE officer standing.

When you get to the roof, gain cover and kill the remaining NOOSE agents. Follow Playboy down the fire escape and kill the remaining cops on the stairs. Use a nearby door to go down to street level.

When you're down there, lose your wanted level and drive Playboy to his penthouse in Northwood, Algonquin (Algonquin is unlocked once you get to street level with Playboy).

Video Walkthrough

Afterwards

Roman will call Niko and tell him that the insurance money on the old cab depot has been paid to him and that he has put the money into another taxi depot, meaning Niko can use Roman's cab service again. Your driver is still Mohammad. The taxi missions are still unavailable for the rest of the game.

Playboy X will text you to ask for your work (Deconstruction for Beginners).

During this mission the terrorist threat separating both sides of the Humboldt River is lifted. Thus, Niko is now able to travel to Algonquin via the Broker Bridge, Algonquin Bridge, East Borough Bridge or the Northwood Heights Bridge. The terrorist threat separating Algonquin and Alderney remains in place however. After this mission, Integrity 2.0 is on the air and can be listened to on the radio.

Also, Kiki Jenkins and Alex Chilton will be available to hook up in Love-meet.net and Craplist.net respectively.

Modo and Perseus will also be available to buy new clothes.

Rewards

Algonquin available
New weapon: Combat Shotgun
New weapon: SMG
New skill: changing weapons of the same category
New radio station: Integrity 2.0
Access to Roman's free cabs again
$2000

Trivia

If Niko abandons Playboy X, the mission will fail. Niko will call Elizabeta to tell her Playboy X might have been taken away by the cops.
It is impossible to follow Johnny, as Niko will fail the mission because he abandoned Playboy X.
After killing the final NOOSE member, if you happen to fall off of the side of the building while Playboy X is still on the roof, getting into a car will spawn Playboy in it with you.
It is possible to kill Johnny during the mission, right before the meeting, resulting in failing the mission.
Playboy X can be pushed to death anywhere but through the roof and stairs.
If Playboy is killed while Johnny is in sight before the deal, the mission will fail, and Johnny walks out of the building and becomes a random pedestrian.
Some characters in GTA IV have cameos during Elizabeta's party, including Pathos, and Carmen Ortiz.
This is the first appearance of Playboy X and Johnny Klebitz.
While fighting on the rooftops, Playboy will mention more FIB coming at them, when in fact they are NOOSE.
Playboy X claimed the biker gangs are all racist, but The Lost Brotherhood did have people in their gang that are not white-skinned such as Clay Simons debunking the myth that all biker gangs are racist.
Only in this mission and its crossover will the roof entrance be locked shut, the entrance will always be wide open before or after the two missions. In fact, the door remains open until you actually do the deal.
During Elizabeta's party, a man who resembles Jimmy Hopkins, the main protagonist of another Rockstar game, Bully, can be seen in the background dancing, wearing a Bullworth Academy uniform.
If the player goes on the Algonquin Bridge on the drive to Playboy X's Penthouse, then the bridge will be empty.

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+{{Crossover|[[Buyer's Market]]}}
 {{infobox mission
 |name = Blow Your Cover
 |image = Blowyourcover1.jpg
-|caption = "Freeze motherfucker!" Charlie after blowing his cover.
+|caption = "Freeze motherfucker!" - Charlie after blowing his cover.
 |game = IV
 |for = [[Elizabeta Torres]]
-|location = [[South Bohan]], [[Bohan]]
+|location = [[Elizabeta Torres' House|Elizabeta's Apartment]], [[South Bohan]]
+|fail = [[Wasted]]<br>[[Busted]]<br>[[Playboy]] dies<br>[[Johnny Klebitz|Johnny]] dies
-|reward = Access to the borough of [[Algonquin]] & $2000
+|reward = [[$|$2000]]<br>[[Algonquin]]
-|unlocks = [[Deconstruction for Beginners]] and [[The Puerto Rican Connection]]
+|unlocks = [[Deconstruction for Beginners]]<br>[[The Puerto Rican Connection]]
 |unlockedby = [[Luck of the Irish]]
+}}
-|fail = Player Death Player Busted Kill Playboy X Kill Or Injuring Johnny Klebitz Before The Deal}}
-{{quote|Surround yourself with cocaine and then assholes soon follow...|[[Elizabeta Torres]].}}
+{{quote|Surround yourself with cocaine and then assholes soon follow!| [[Elizabeta Torres]]}}
-'''Blow Your Cover''' is a mission in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. This is the second mission given to the [[Protagonist|protagonist]] [[Niko Bellic]] by [[Elizabeta Torres]]. It is played from [[Johnny Klebitz]]'s point of view in the mission [[Buyer's Market]].
+'''Blow Your Cover''' is a mission in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. This is the second mission given to the [[protagonist]] [[Niko Bellic]] by [[Elizabeta Torres]]. It is played from [[Johnny Klebitz|Johnny's]] point of view in [[Buyer's Market]].
 ==Mission objectives==
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 *Follow Playboy to meet the contact on the 3rd floor.
 *Lose your wanted level.
-==Enemies==
-*[[Cops]]
-*[[NOOSE]]
-*[[Charlie (GTA IV)]]
 ==Walkthrough==
 Elizabeta Torres asks Niko to go with Playboy and Johnny to watch over a drug deal. Take any vehicle that can fit Playboy and drive him to the building in [[Broker]]. His yellow [[Patriot]] should be parked outside.
+Collect the [[Combat Shotgun]] under the stairs (shotgun is very useful in this mission, because this mission which seem designed for close quarters combat) and follow Playboy X up to the third floor, and walk up to Johnny.
-Collect the shotgun under the stairs and follow Playboy X up to the third floor, and walk up to Johnny. A cutscene will follow. Johnny, Playboy X and Niko go into a room where two undercover [[LCPD in GTA IV Era|LCPD]] officers are. [[Charlie (GTA IV)|One of them]] asks over and over again, "Are you carrying the stuff?" Then suddenly, as Johnny tries to call the deal off, the two undercover LCPD officers surround Niko and Playboy with guns, yelling "Freeze motherfuckers". Johnny takes out the ambushing [[NOOSE]] team, and he and Niko and Playboy X decide to split up so he escapes to the door downstairs on the first floor while Niko and Playboy X head for the roof.
+A cutscene will follow. Johnny, Playboy X and Niko go into a room where two undercover [[Liberty City Police Department (HD Universe)|LCPD]] officers are. [[Charlie (GTA IV)|One of them]] asks over and over again, "Are you carrying the stuff?" Then suddenly, as Johnny tries to call the deal off, the two undercover LCPD officers surround Niko and Playboy with guns, yelling, "Freeze, motherfuckers!" Johnny takes out the ambushing [[NOOSE]] team, and he and Niko and Playboy X decide to split up so he escapes to the door downstairs on the first floor while Niko and Playboy X head for the roof.
-Shoot the officers on the remaining floor and go back to the stairs. Behind it are two NOOSE officers,&nbsp;kill them. Keep going up the stairs with Playboy following you and cover him while you shoot every NOOSE officer standing. When you get to the roof, gain cover and kill the remaining NOOSE agents.
+Shoot the officers on the remaining floor and go back to the stairs. Behind it are two NOOSE officers,&nbsp;kill them. Keep going up the stairs with Playboy following you and cover him while you shoot every NOOSE officer standing.
-Follow Playboy down the fire escape and kill the remaining cops on the stairs. Use a nearby door to go down to street level. When you're down there, lose your [[Wanted Level in GTA IV|wanted level]] and drive Playboy to his [[Playboy X's Penthouse|penthouse]] in Northwood, [[Algonquin]] (Algonquin is unlocked once you get to street level with Playboy).
+When you get to the roof, gain cover and kill the remaining NOOSE agents. Follow Playboy down the fire escape and kill the remaining cops on the stairs. Use a nearby door to go down to street level.
+When you're down there, lose your [[Wanted Level in GTA IV|wanted level]] and drive Playboy to his [[Playboy X's Penthouse|penthouse]] in Northwood, [[Algonquin]] (Algonquin is unlocked once you get to street level with Playboy).
 ==Video Walkthrough==
+[[File:GTA 4 - Mission 31 - Blow Your Cover (1080p)|554px]]
-<youtube height="265">84MaqMHcT1Y</youtube>
+==Afterwards==
-==After the Mission==
 Roman will call Niko and tell him that the insurance money on the old cab depot has been paid to him and that he has put the money into another taxi depot, meaning Niko can use Roman's cab service again. Your driver is still Mohammad. The taxi missions are still unavailable for the rest of the game.
+[[Playboy X]] will text you to ask for your work (''[[Deconstruction for Beginners]]'').
 During this mission the terrorist threat separating both sides of the [[Humboldt River]] is lifted. Thus, Niko is now able to travel to [[Algonquin]] via the [[Broker Bridge]], [[Algonquin Bridge]], [[East Borough Bridge]] or the [[Northwood Heights Bridge]]. The terrorist threat separating Algonquin and [[Alderney]] remains in place however. After this mission, Integrity 2.0 is on the air and can be listened to on the radio.
+Also, [[Kiki Jenkins]] and [[Alex Chilton]] will be available to hook up in [[Love-meet.net]] and [[Craplist.net]] respectively.
-==Deaths==
-*[[Charlie (GTA IV)|Charlie]] - Killed by Niko for trying to arrest him, Playboy and Johnny.
+[[Modo]] and [[Perseus]] will also be available to buy new clothes.
-*Many [[NOOSE]] Agents - Killed by Niko and Playboy X during an ambush.
+===Rewards===
+*[[Algonquin]] available
+*New weapon: [[Combat Shotgun]]
+*New weapon: [[SMG]]
+*New skill: changing weapons of the same category
+*New [[Radio Stations in GTA IV|radio station]]: [[Integrity 2.0]]
+*Access to Roman's free cabs again
+*$2000
 ==Trivia==
 *If Niko abandons Playboy X, the mission will fail. Niko will call Elizabeta to tell her Playboy X might have been taken away by the cops.
 *It is impossible to follow Johnny, as Niko will fail the mission because he abandoned Playboy X.
+*After killing the final NOOSE member, if you happen to fall off of the side of the building while [[Playboy X]] is still on the roof, getting into a car will spawn Playboy in it with you.
-*Some characters in GTA IV have cameos during Elizabeta's party, including [[Pathos]], and [[Carmen Ortiz]].
-*It is possible to kill Johnny during the mission, right before the meeting. You will fail the mission if you do this.
+*It is possible to kill Johnny during the mission, right before the meeting, resulting in failing the mission.
 *Playboy X can be pushed to death anywhere but through the roof and stairs.
-*The man next to Charlie with an AK-47 assumes the appearance of a generic Triad pedestrian model.
-*This mission is played from Johnny's point of view in The Lost and Damned mission [[Buyer's Market]] with the same events happening (but with Johnny escaping from the way down to the front door rather than on the roof with Playboy and Niko).
-*It is revealed in TLAD from Johnny's point of view that Niko used a AK-47 in this mission.
-*While fighting on the rooftops, Playboy will mention more [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FIB]] coming at them, when in fact they are [[NOOSE]].
-*The apartment building's front door will be locked after this mission, but you can still get through using the back door or go in using the building Niko and Playboy X used to escape the NOOSE.
-*After killing the final NOOSE member, before going down the other building to make your escape, if you happen to fall of the side of the building while [[Playboy X]] is still on the roof, getting into a car will spawn Playboy in it with you.
 *If Playboy is killed while Johnny is in sight before the deal, the mission will fail, and Johnny walks out of the building and becomes a random pedestrian.
+*Some characters in GTA IV have cameos during Elizabeta's party, including [[Pathos]], and [[Carmen Ortiz]].
-*This is the first appearance of Playboy X and Johnny Klebitz.
+*This is the first appearance of Playboy X and [[Johnny Klebitz]].
-*Upon completing this mission, the radio station [[Integrity 2.0]] becomes available.
+*While fighting on the rooftops, Playboy will mention more [[FIB]] coming at them, when in fact they are [[NOOSE]].
+*[[Playboy X]] claimed the biker gangs are all racist, but [[The Lost Brotherhood]] did have people in their gang that are not white-skinned such as [[Clay Simons]] debunking the myth that all biker gangs are racist.
+*Only in this mission [[Buyer's Market|and its crossover]] will the roof entrance be locked shut, the entrance will always be wide open before or after the two missions. In fact, the door remains open until you actually do the deal.
+* During Elizabeta's party, a man who resembles Jimmy Hopkins, the main protagonist of another Rockstar game, Bully, can be seen in the background dancing, wearing a Bullworth Academy uniform.
+* If the player goes on the [[Algonquin Bridge]] on the drive to [[Playboy X's Penthouse]], then the bridge will be empty.
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+}}
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Contents

Mission objectives

Walkthrough

Video Walkthrough

Afterwards

Rewards

Trivia

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