Purple Haze

Type	MISSION
Purple Haze
The dealers ambushing the scene.
Appears in	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
For	Gonzalez
Location	Ducum Inn, Vice Point, Vice City Beach
Mission Objectives
Go to Gonzalez's lockup. Get the van containing the drugs. Drive to the deal. Go to the phone box. Find the gang that ambushed you and recover whatever is left of the drugs by (amount of time the player gets). Kill the gang that ambushed you and get whatever is left of the drugs back to the lockup by (amount of time the player gets). Get back into the van. Drive the van back to the lockup.
Conditions of Mission Failure
Wasted Busted Pony destroyed Time runs out
Rewards
Rewards	$1,000
Unlock Requirements
Unlocked by	Home's on the Range
Unlocks	Kill Phil: Part 2 (if Say Cheese is completed first)
Technical Information
Time of day	In-game time

Vic:

“Gonzalez! We got...hit. The drugs...They're gone...”

Gonzalez:

“What?! Are you fucking with me?! What's wrong with you?! Are you high on my shit?!”

Vic:

“No...Yeah...Yeah...I must have been breathing it in...While I was out cold...”

Gonzalez:

“I want my drugs back, Vic! I still have a buyer who might be interested, but he's leaving town real soon. Kill the bastards who did this and get my coke back!”

— Victor Vance calls Gonzalez and tells him about the ambushed deal

Purple Haze is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. It is the last mission given to protagonist Victor Vance by drug dealer Gonzalez, and is triggered from Ducum Inn Hotel in Vice Point, Vice City.

Mission

Victor meets Gonzalez by the hotel's pool in Vice Point. Gonzalez informs Vic of a van containing drugs, which is parked in a lockup in Ocean Beach, and he wants Vic to take the van to a drug deal which is taking place in an alley in Washington Beach. Vic arrives at the lockup and takes the van to the location where the drug deal is taking place. Whilst he is waiting, a Linerunner drives at full speed into the front of the van, knocking Vic unconscious. Two men alight from the Linerunner, throw Vic out of the van and drive off with it.

Vic eventually regains consciousness, but has inhaled some of the drugs and is very disorientated. A few moments later, he receives a pager message from concerned Gonzalez who asks why Vic is taking so long. Vic phones Gonzalez from a nearby payphone and informs him of the ambush. A furious Gonzalez orders Vic to retrieve the rest of the drugs and return them to the lockup, as he still has an interested buyer who will be leaving Vice City soon. After searching the area, Vic locates the drugs at a mansion on Starfish Island. He kills the dealers and returns the van to the lockup. When he arrives back at the lockup, Gonzalez thanks Vic for returning the drugs, but informs him that their partnership is over.

Mission Objectives

In order to complete the mission the player must:

• Go to Gonzalez's lockup.
• Get the van containing the drugs.
• Drive to the deal.
• Go to the phone box.
• Find the gang that ambushed you and recover whatever is left of the drugs by 18:15.
• Kill the gang that ambushed you and get whatever is left of the drugs back to the lockup by 18:15.
• Get back into the van.
• Drive the van back to the lockup.

Reward

The reward for completing this mission is $1,000 and the mission Kill Phil: Part 2 is unlocked.

Walkthrough

Victor arrives at the Ducum Inn hotel and meets Gonzalez by the pool.

Go to Gonzalez's lockup.

Get the van containing the drugs.

Drive to the deal.

Victor arrives at the meet spot, located in a secluded alleyway.

Suddenly, a Linerunner speeds towards Vic, crashing into him.

The thugs hit the van containing the drugs too hard, resulting in a mess and the loss of most of the drugs.

They are heading to a party on Starfish Island.

"Gonzalez: What's taking so long? Ring me, pronto!" (Victor is now under the influence of the drugs)

Go to the phone box.

Victor informs Gonzalez of the loss of the drugs. Gonzalez tells him that he has another buyer that is leaving Vice City soon – Victor seems to be determined to get these drugs back.

Find the gang that ambushed you and recover whatever is left of the drugs by 8:45. (The player is given about four in-game hours)

Victor arrives at a party, with the drugs being there.

Killing all the dealers.

Get back into the van.

Drive the van back to the lockup.

Gonzalez thanks Victor for retrieving the drugs, but he terminates their business relationship.

Mission passed.

Video Walkthrough

GTA Vice City Stories - Walkthrough - Mission 43 - Purple Haze

PS2 Version

Gallery

Vic leaving footprints of cocaine.

Trivia

• The name of the mission is a reference to the song "Purple Haze" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
• The van is cosmetically intact after the frontal collision, even if it was crashed beforehand.
• Vic can be seen leaving white footprints if he walks over the spilled cocaine.

Navigation

Navigation

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