Guide to starting Schedule I: Free Sample, covering character customization, initial quests like 'Getting Started' and 'Rent a motel room', and buying essential equipment at the hardware store.
Walkthrough
- 1After character customization, spawn in front of the bus station. Open your phone ('Tab') and read the message from 'Unknown' to start the 'Getting Started' quest.
- 2Go to the payphone to talk to 'U.N.' (Uncle Nelson), who instructs you to retrieve his stash near the skatepark. Find $375 in a dead drop on the ledge leading to the motel.
- 3Speak to the motel manager, Donna, to get the 'Rent a motel room' quest. After the dialogue, pickpocket Donna to steal back the $75 needed for the room.
- 4Enter room 1 of the motel to complete the quest objective.
- 5Return to the payphone to speak with Uncle Nelson again, initiating the 'Gearing Up' questline.
- 6Head to the hardware store (marked by a yellow star on the map, or by following the road).
- 7At the hardware store, deposit your cash at the ATM and purchase a grow tent, soil bag, and watering can. It's also recommended to buy 'Plant Trimmers', a 'Packaging Station', and 10 'Baggies'. Consider buying a trash grabber and a 'Trash bag' for optional quests and convenience.
- 8If you tell Dan you are a drug dealer, he may gift you 'Speed Grow'.
- 9Return to your motel room, place the grow tent, and fill the pot with soil.
- 10Go back to the payphone to talk to Uncle Nelson, who introduces you to Albert Hoover.
- 11Open your phone and message Albert Hoover to order seeds. Select 'OG Kush' and place your order.
- 12Locate the delivered seed in a highlighted dead drop.
- 13Sow the weed seed in the grow tent by holding the seed and pressing 'E' near the tent.
- 14Fill your watering can at the sink and water the plant.
- 15Sleep to advance plant growth and avoid wasting water.
- 16Once the plant is fully grown, use the 'Plant Trimmers' to harvest the buds.
- 17Place down the 'Packaging Station' and use it to package the buds into baggies.
Tips
- You can steal back the $75 for the motel room from Donna after speaking with her.
- Speed-runners often enter the motel room, take one step inside, and immediately leave to progress faster.
- Deposit all cash at the ATM to avoid losing it if caught by cops or if you die.
- When buying items at the hardware store, use the 'MAX' button at the ATM and consider buying extra items like 'Plant Trimmers' and 'Baggies' for future quests.
- Hold 'Shift' when grabbing items from storage to take the entire stack.
- Albert Hoover's deliveries are placed in dead drops; pay off your tab by placing cash in the dead drop behind the hardware store.
- Plants grow approximately 15% per in-game hour. Sleeping after watering helps maximize growth and conserve water.
- Packaged weed can be unpacked by using the packaging station interface.
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