Lester Assassination Missions Guide

A guide for those who want to make easy money using the lester assassination missions.

Background

There are a few mentions around the internet on how to make your money using the assassination missions given to you by Lester, but few if any actually give a detailed step by step to make the most of it. In this guide I will give a step by step process with some hints and tips to speed things up a little.

CAUTION: This guide may contain spoilers, nuts and ingredients that will affect those with an intolerance to dairy.

From the way I did it as described in this guide I managed to make $2.1bn, your total payout may vary depending on if you chose Option A, B or C (if after main missions) or if you made numerous purchases before taking on the missions, or do this before the end of the main storyline.

In the build up to my undertaking these missions, I had already purchased a Hanger and Helipad with Micheal, and a boat slip with Trevor, as well as purchasing the Taxi Business, The Dock, Los Santos Customs, The Towing Company and the Mackenzie Airstrip, with differing characters and completed the main storyline missions.

Tips

• When you save your game at a safe house using Michael and Franklin time progresses 6 hours, when you save your game with Trevor time progresses 12 hours. Don't forget the quick save option on your in-game phone, this won't progress time but can 'bookmark' your save slot until you get back to a safe house.
  
• Markets don't really move during the weekend, so keep an eye on your in game phone to check out the day of the week, but during this guide I will mention this before undertaking missions
  
• Any mention of time throughout this guide will be in-game not real time, so when I say 48 hours I don't mean you've got to spend a couple of days taking the dog for a walk, working, sleeping, spending time with the other half or updating your stamp collection. However doing this guide may take you a couple of real time hours.
  
• Optional: You can keep two save games going at the same time, one as a good copy so once each mission has passed and you've completed the pay-out cycle, the other as a work in progress save for when you're speeding up time, keep a mental note which one is the good one and which is your WIP one.
  
• In this guide I won't be detailing how to do each mission, as there are numerous guides around for that and besides they are fairly self explanatory and easy missions anyway (barring the lack of a first aid kit during the 5th mission)
  
• When switching to the other protagonists don't forget Trevor gets himself in some real pickles including being chased by the cops which is awkward on some of the missions where you need to sell quick and buy the next lot of stock. When switching I would recommend switching to Trevor first, Micheal second then Franklin last as you'll be doing the missions with him.
  
• I'll mention the marketplace each stock is on however I'm fairly sure some swap their markets (may have been done during updates, to be confirmed), so if it's not on the LCN check out the Bawsaq and vice-versa
  
• During my run through I had left the missions till last, however I had fully modded weapons and did very little modding of vehicles, depending on when you choose to do these missions keep an eye on your current account just in case you start running a little low.

Before you start

• Do not do the Hitch Lift 1 Mission, this is the Random Event which is where the guy whose car has broken down just off the highway on the west side of the map who wants a lift to the airport. This guy will give you a Stock Market tip which you can make a good return.
  
• Some of the stock tips require access to the Bawsaq, this is an online only stock market, so you'll need to be connected to the internet and to the Rockstar servers (Social Club account etc) for this to work, the LCN is offline so can be done at all times.
  
• Read each mission carefully first before committing as some require the stock to be bought before the mission and some after.

Basics

• To purchase each stock, open your phones browser go to the Money section and select the relevant stock market (Bawsaq or LCN), find the company and click on it, select Buy, then click and hold on the + until you've bought all of the stock you can, then click Buy and Confirm. Note: when you get to the high values quickly check that the stock you are buying doesn't put you into a minus figure (buying more than you can afford) as the game won't purchase the stock, you may need to click the - a few times until you still have a positive balance.
  
• To check the payout of each stock purchase, open your phones browser go to the Money section and select the relevant stock market (Bawsaq or LCN) select the My Portfolio tab and there will be a column for what the return percentage is. There will be a +/- 1-2% variance with the payout this is due the fact the regular stock movement is included in the percentage.
  
• To sell your stock, open your phones browser go to the Money section and select the relevant stock market (Bawsaq or LCN) select the My Portfolio tab then select Sell All, then confirm.
  
  Let's begin...

Mission 1 (The Hotel Assassination)

Note: This mission is mandatory and cannot be left to the end as you have to do it in order to progress in the game.

Pre-Mission Preparation
- Make sure it is Monday, if not switch to Trevor (12 hour save) and save your game numerous times to advance the time to Monday
- Switch between all characters and invest all in Betta Pharmaceuticals (BET) on the Bawsaq

DO MISSION 1

Post-Mission
- Wait about 18 hours, save if needed (using your WIP save slot) with either Micheal or Franklin, after each save quickly check your on your phone what the return percentage is, the stock moves regularly, for fine tuning it's worth checking it every hour to see what return percentage is sitting at. When checking if you want to squeeze every last penny out of the deal then you can check every 30 minutes until you see the percentage dropping, if this happens, SELL, SELL, SELL.
- Target Return Percentage: 50%
- Switch to all characters and sell all
- (save game in your good slot if successful)

Mission 2 (The Multi-Target Assassination)

Note: From now on these can be left to the end or indeed at any time during the game, depending on how much of a Wall Street Shark you are.

Pre-Mission Preparation
- Make sure it is Monday (vital in this mission), if not switch to Trevor (12 hour save) and save your game numerous times to advance the time to Monday (any time as long as it's Monday)
- Switch between all characters and invest all in Debonaire (DEB) on the LCN

DO MISSION 2

Post-Mission

- Wait about 8 hours, save if needed (using your WIP save slot) with either Micheal or Franklin, however due to the short time maybe best just sit in your car and listen to some tunes and watch the sunset or go for a drive etc. After each save quickly check your on your phone what the return percentage is, the stock moves regularly, but it's worth checking it every hour to see what return percentage it's sitting at. When checking if you want to squeeze every last penny out of the deal then you can check every 30 minutes until you see the percentage dropping, if this happens, SELL, SELL, SELL.
- Target Return Percentage: 80%
- Switch to all characters and sell all.
- Switch to all characters and Invest everything into Redwood (RWC) on the LCN
- Wait 48-96 Hours, this may take you up to Saturday, the reason is unclear why it such a huge window of opportunity however when this reaches its target percentage it doesn't really move, so for this reason switch to Trevor due to the 12 hour save and each time you wake up check your return in your Portfolio.
- Target Return Percentage: 300%
- Switch to all characters and sell all.
- (save game in your good slot if successful)

Mission 3 (The Vice Assassination)

Pre-Mission Preparation
- Make sure it is Monday, if not switch to Trevor (12 hour save) and save your game numerous times to advance the time to Monday
- Switch between all characters and invest all in Fruit (FRT) on the Bawsaq

DO MISSION 3

Post-Mission
- The return on this one is fairly quick about 6-8 hours, so you probably won't have time to save anywhere to advance time.
- Target Return Percentage: 50%
- Switch to all characters and sell all
- Switch to all characters and Invest everything into Facade (FAC) on the Bawsaq
- Wait 48 Hours, in this case it's pretty much bang on 48 hours from when you buy
- Target Return Percentage: 33%
- Switch to all characters and sell all
- (save game in your good slot if successful)

Mission 4 (The Bus Assassination)

Pre-Mission Preparation
- Make sure it is Monday, if not switch to Trevor (12 hour save) and save your game numerous times to advance the time to Monday
- Do not purchase anything yet, although it may be worth switching to Trevor to make sure he's being a good boy (toilet incidences aside), for when you need to switch.

DO MISSION 4

Post-Mission
- Switch to all characters (Trevor first just in case he's decided to start a fight with the police in the meantime), then invest everything into Vapid (VAP) on the Bawsaq
- Wait 48 Hours, again in this case it's pretty much bang on 48 hours from when you buy
- Target Return Percentage: 100%
- Switch to all characters and sell all.
- (save game in your good slot if successful)

Mission 5 (The Construction Assassination)

Pre-Mission Preparation
- Make sure it is Monday, if not switch to Trevor (12 hour save) and save your game numerous times to advance the time to Monday
- Switch between all characters and invest all in Gold Coast (GCD) on the LCN

DO MISSION 5

Post-Mission
- Wait about 24 hours before selling, this is quite a quick turn around, save if needed (using your WIP save slot)
- Target Return Percentage: 80%
- Switch to all characters and sell all.
- (save game in your good slot if successful)

You should now have more money than you know what to do with, and the big question who to give the Golf Club to.

Bonus Stock Tip - Hitch Lift 1

Pre-Mission Preparation
- Make sure it is Monday, if not switch to Trevor (12 hour save) and save your game numerous times to advance the time to Monday
- Start as Franklin and park up by the Gas station at the start of the Freeway heading north up the Western Freeway, do a quick save (using your WIP save slot)
- Switch to all characters and invest all in Tinkle (TNK) on the Bawsaq
- Switch back to Franklin then head up the coast until you get the blip on the radar to give the poor guy a lift, if you don't get the blip drive up and down the road a few times (Fort Zancudo to the North the Gas Station to the South to allow spawning) until he shows, if not reload your saved game and try again.

DO MISSION - HITCH LIFT 1

Post-Mission
- Wait about 18-24 Hours
- Target Return Percentage: 33%
- Switch to all characters and sell all.
- (save game in your good slot if successful)

Comments

Any Comments, critique, praise or offers of marriage* accepted.

[Herger Joyous]

Stocks reset on Monday's so it will be lower % to buy normally than on other days. Squeeeze every dime out of your investment.

[bugc VETERANSMONTH]

I would also like to know,

Usually when I have more questions than answers in long guides like this I click off and find a youtube guide.

If it's just as many questions I say fu k it and switch to Online 😭

[Dionysus 🐭]

Every guide says to do it on a Monday, is there an actual reason why?

[Dimwit Donald (very high IQ)]

Don't know what to think of this guide...

Mission 2: best return for DEB 50 to 65 %, very slowly rising over the week. 8 hours is bullshit. And it also takes much longer than 8 hours before RWC reaches its low of around 40.

[Dimwit Donald (very high IQ)]

Is this guide still up to date? I just did the first of the assassinations (on a monday...) and got 49.99% profit virtually immediately after the mission without any waiting. The value is now stagnating there, not changing at all.

[Dimwit Donald (very high IQ)]

Why does it have to be monday? What difference does it make? It's a lot of sleeping from wednesday to monday... If the whole point is to avoid finishing an assassination on a weekend, shouldn't 1 or 2 weekdays be enough?

[Alpacalypse]

Best return rate I got on Mission 2 was 41%.

[Pastabiceps - RefleX]

2- Make sure it is Monday (vital in this mission), if not switch to Trevor (12 hour save) and save your game numerous times to advance the time to Monday (any time as long as it's Monday)
- Switch between all characters and invest all in Debonaire (DEB) on the LCN"

So shall I start the mission on a monday?

[DrTyWords]

Waited til after the final heist to do these and with all three characters I ended up with 924,000,000 or there abouts.

[Woodshock]

@bob before you do solomons missions invest in richardmajestic stock exchange after bringing the actor back you will see a good profit in the stock market but dont sell it till you did every mission for him