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Auntie Ethel
Schedule I

Auntie Ethel

Learn how to navigate the early game of Schedule I, from character creation and your first quests to renting a motel room and buying essential equipment.

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Learn how to navigate the early game of Schedule I, from character creation and your first quests to renting a motel room and buying essential equipment.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After the intro cutscene and character customization, you spawn at the bus station. Follow the 'Getting Started' quest: open your phone ('Tab'), read the message from 'Unknown', and go to the payphone to meet 'Uncle Nelson'.
  2. 2
    Uncle Nelson instructs you to retrieve his stash near the skatepark, located on a ledge by the road to the motel. You will find $375.
  3. 3
    Speak to the motel manager, Donna, to start the 'Rent a motel room' quest. After the dialogue, you can pickpocket Donna to steal back the $75 needed for the room.
  4. 4
    Enter motel room 1 to complete the quest objective.
  5. 5
    Return to Uncle Nelson at the payphone to start the 'Gearing Up' questline.
  6. 6
    Go to the hardware store (marked by a yellow star on the map, or by following the road past your motel).
  7. 7
    Deposit your cash at the ATM.
  8. 8
    Purchase a grow tent, soil bag, and watering can from Dan at the hardware store. It's also recommended to buy 'Plant Trimmers', a 'Packaging Station', and 10 'Baggies' for future quests. Consider buying a trash grabber and a 'Trash bag' for optional tasks.
  9. 9
    If you tell Dan you're a drug dealer, he may give you 'Speed Grow'.
  10. 10
    Return to your motel room, place the grow tent, and fill it with soil.
  11. 11
    Talk to Uncle Nelson again, who will introduce you to Albert Hoover.
  12. 12
    Open your phone and message Albert Hoover to order seeds. Purchase 'OG Kush' seeds.
  13. 13
    Retrieve the seed from the delivered 'dead drop' (a small metal drawer with a cross).
  14. 14
    Return to your grow tent and sow the seed.
  15. 15
    Fill your watering can at the sink and water the plant.
  16. 16
    Sleep to advance plant growth.
  17. 17
    Once the plant is fully grown, use the 'Plant Trimmers' to harvest the buds.
  18. 18
    Place the 'Packaging Station' and use it to package the buds into baggies.
Tips
  • You can change your appearance in the game files, and in future updates, at barbershops, clothing shops, and tattoo parlors.
  • Speed-runners only need to step one foot inside motel room 1 to complete the objective.
  • Pickpocketing Donna after renting the room gives you a cash boost.
  • Depositing cash at the ATM is safer as you won't lose it if caught by cops or if you die.
  • Items that don't fit in your inventory are placed on pallets outside the hardware store.
  • Holding Shift while grabbing items from storage allows you to take the entire stack.
  • Right-clicking and scrolling allows for custom amounts when grabbing items.
  • 'Speed Grow' speeds up plant growth; in the full release, it may lower product quality.
  • Watering the plant before sowing the seed is possible.
  • Plants grow faster if you sleep after watering, especially around 4 AM.
  • Plants grow about 15% per in-game hour.
  • 'Dead drops' with items inside are highlighted.
  • You can pay off debts to Albert Hoover by placing cash in the dead drop behind the hardware store.
  • Baggies and jars can store buds.

Completing early quests rewards you with cash ($375 from Uncle Nelson's stash, $75 from pickpocketing Donna) and unlocks the ability to grow and sell cannabis.

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