Write-Off is a Fooligan Job featured in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Los Santos Drug Wars update.
Description[]
After requesting work from Dax, the GTA Online Protagonist will soon receive a call back from him in which he describes how "Big Pharma" has rebranded drugs and doubled their prices, hidden batches of medicine and ran "bullshit tests". He says that they have a super-secret unregistered convoy that is being guarded by Merryweather Security. Dax asks the player to destroy three of their five known convoys in order to get a location of the main depot.
The location of the five Merryweather targets appear on the map. To complicate matters, all five targets (save for one) are constantly on the move and traveling in separate directions, and the player may have to cover great distances to reach and destroy them. Dax will also text the player after revealing the targets to inform them that he has found an armed Merryweather Sparrow that the player can steal and use to destroy the convoys if they wish.
transporting the pharmaceuticals.
has been sourced nearby that can be used to destroy the Merryweather transport vehicles.The five convoys are:
- A Dune FAV
- A Nightshark or an Insurgent Pick-Up
- A Mesa
- A Buzzard Attack Chopper
- A docked, unmanned Weaponized Dinghy with a nearby Merryweather soldier
After destroying three convoys, Dax will call again telling the player that the depot's location is now marked on the GPS. The player can also choose to skip this step and head straight to the depot if they know its location, which can be determined by the initial location of the convoys. For example, if some targets spawn in Los Santos, the depot is located in Elysian Island.
The depot is filled with numerous Merryweather guards, vehicles, gadgets and supplies. The player is tasked with destroying all 13 targets of interest, which range from static equipment to armored vehicles, as well as anti-air defenses that instantly annihilate any attempts at an aerial approach. Several explosive props are scattered throughout the depot to help with destroying the targets, including breakable crates containing Grenades, Body Armor, and a Health Pack that the player can pick up.
by destroying their supplies and transport vehicles.When 3 targets of interest have been destroyed, Dax calls the player to inform them of incoming reinforcements arriving in 30 seconds, in the form of 3 waves of a Rumpo Custom, an Insurgent Pick-Up, a Mesa, and a Valkyrie. The player must continue their task of destroying the remaining targets while either evading or destroying the reinforcements.
Once all 13 targets are destroyed, the player is tasked with escaping the reinforcements to complete the mission, which can be done by either killing all 3 waves, or once 5 minutes have elapsed. Alternatively, if the player manages to destroy all 13 targets before the 30 seconds countdown runs out, no reinforcements will arrive, and the player simply has to leave the area to complete the mission.
Locations[]
| Sparrow location | Merryweather depot location | Eliminate targets |
|---|---|---|
| Vinewood Sign, Vinewood Hills | Elysian Island | Elysian Island |
| Harmony | Sandy Shores | Sandy Shores |
| Sandy Shores Airfield | Cape Catfish | Cape Catfish |
Mission Objectives[]
- Destroy the Merryweather transport.
- Go to the Merryweather depot.
- Eliminate the Merryweather operation.
- Escape the reinforcements.
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Bugs[]
- If all 3 waves of reinforcements are eliminated before destroying the 13 targets, the player will still be tasked with escaping the reinforcements afterwards even though no more enemies spawn, forcing the player to wait for 5 minutes for the mission to clear.
- This bug seem to occur with the Valkyrie pilots being still alive even with the aircraft destroyed, so players may need to eliminate them with their firearms or any bullet-based vehicle weapon instead of just explosives.
