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Step 2: Investigate the Distress Signal
Schedule I

Step 2: Investigate the Distress Signal

Follow our detailed guide to investigate the distress signal in Schedule I. Learn how to start the game, rent a motel room, buy equipment, and plant your first seeds.

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Follow our detailed guide to investigate the distress signal in Schedule I. Learn how to start the game, rent a motel room, buy equipment, and plant your first seeds.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After the opening cutscene and character customization, you spawn at the bus station.
  2. 2
    Receive the quest "Getting Started" and open your phone ('Tab') to read messages.
  3. 3
    A message from "Unknown" directs you to a payphone to meet "U.N." (Uncle Nelson).
  4. 4
    Uncle Nelson instructs you to retrieve his stash near the skatepark, containing $375.
  5. 5
    Speak to the motel manager, Donna, to rent a room. You can then pickpocket her to get back the $75.
  6. 6
    Enter room 1 of the motel to complete the quest objective.
  7. 7
    Return to the payphone to speak with Uncle Nelson again.
  8. 8
    The "Gearing Up" quest begins, directing you to the hardware store (marked by a yellow star on the map).
  9. 9
    At the hardware store, deposit your cash at the ATM and purchase a grow tent, soil bag, and watering can. It's recommended to also buy "Plant Trimmers", "Packaging Station", and 10 "Baggies".
  10. 10
    Optional purchases include a trash grabber and a "Trash bag" to manage motel trash.
  11. 11
    If you tell Dan at the hardware store you're a drug dealer, he may gift you "Speed Grow".
  12. 12
    Return to your motel room, place the grow tent, and fill the pot with soil.
  13. 13
    Speak to Uncle Nelson again, who introduces Albert Hoover.
  14. 14
    Open your phone and message Albert Hoover to order seeds. The first order is for "OG Kush".
  15. 15
    Retrieve the seed from the delivered "Dead Drop" (marked on the map).
  16. 16
    Sow the seed in the grow tent.
  17. 17
    Fill your watering can at the sink and water the plant.
  18. 18
    Sleep to advance plant growth and conserve water.
  19. 19
    Once the plant is grown, use the "Plant Trimmers" on the grow tent to harvest the buds.
  20. 20
    Place down the "Packaging Station".
  21. 21
    Use the "Packaging Station" to package the buds into baggies.
Tips
  • Speed-runners can open the motel room door and step inside, then immediately start the next quest.
  • Depositing all cash at the ATM is safer as you won't lose it if caught by police or if you die.
  • Holding Shift while grabbing items from storage allows you to collect the entire stack with one click.
  • Right-clicking an item and scrolling allows you to select a custom amount to grab.
  • Plants grow faster if you sleep after watering, especially around 4 AM.
  • It's recommended to buy OG Kush seeds as they are easier and cheaper to mix for better products.
  • You do not pay Albert Hoover immediately; debts are put on a tab, payable at a "Dead Drop".
  • "Dead Drops" with items inside are highlighted.
  • You can unpackage weed at the "Packaging Station" if needed.
  • $375 from Uncle Nelson's stash.
  • Potential "Speed Grow" gift from Dan at the hardware store.
  • First harvested and packaged weed.

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