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Combat Tactics — Schedule I Guide
Schedule I

Combat Tactics — Schedule I Guide

Learn essential combat tactics for Schedule I. This guide covers starting the game, renting a motel room, buying equipment, planting seeds, and packaging your first harvest.

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Learn essential combat tactics for Schedule I. This guide covers starting the game, renting a motel room, buying equipment, planting seeds, and packaging your first harvest.

This guide covers the initial stages of Schedule I, focusing on combat tactics and progression through early-game quests.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Starting the Game: After a cutscene and character customization, you spawn near a bus station. Receive the 'Getting Started' quest, open your phone ('Tab'), and read messages. Go to the payphone to meet 'U.N.' (Uncle Nelson), who directs you to fetch his stash near the skatepark. Retrieve $375 from a dead drop.
  2. 2
    Renting a Motel Room: Speak to the motel manager, Donna. The quest updates to 'Rent a motel room'. After dialogue, you can pickpocket Donna to steal back the $75 for the room. Enter room 1 to complete the objective. Return to Uncle Nelson at the payphone.
  3. 3
    Buying Equipment: A new questline, 'Gearing Up', begins. Go to the hardware store (marked by a yellow star on the map, or by walking forward from your room, turning left at the road's end). Deposit cash at the ATM and purchase a grow tent, soil bag, and watering can from Dan. It's recommended to also buy 'Plant Trimmers', a 'Packaging Station', and 10 'Baggies'. Optionally, buy a trash grabber and 'Trash bag'. If you tell Dan you're a drug dealer, he may gift you 'Speed Grow'. Return to your motel room, place the grow tent, and add soil to the pot. Speak to Uncle Nelson again.
  4. 4
    Planting your First Seeds: Uncle Nelson introduces Albert Hoover. Check your phone for a message from Albert. To order seeds, select 'I need to order a [dead drop]' and choose 'OG Kush'. After ordering, Albert will deliver the seeds to a dead drop location. Pay off your debt by placing cash in the dead drop behind the hardware store. Sow the OG Kush seed in the grow tent by pressing 'E' when prompted. Water the plant using the watering can, filling it at the sink first. Sleep to advance plant growth and conserve water.
  5. 5
    Packaging: Once the plant is fully grown, harvest the buds using the 'Plant Trimmers'. Place down the 'Packaging Station'. Interact with it to package the buds into baggies. You can also unpackaged weed if needed. Jars can be purchased at the hardware store for storage.
Tips
  • Stealing back the $75 from Donna provides an early cash boost.
  • Depositing all cash at the ATM protects it from fines and medical bills if caught or killed.
  • Holding Shift while grabbing items from storage allows you to collect entire stacks quickly.
  • Right-clicking and scrolling lets you select custom amounts of items.
  • Buying a 'Trash bag' is recommended to clear the trash can in your motel room.
  • 'Speed Grow' can be obtained from Dan if you tell him you are a drug dealer, and it speeds up plant growth.
  • Sleeping after watering plants conserves water and time, and significantly advances growth.
  • OG Kush is recommended for its ease and cost-effectiveness in mixing products.
  • Dead drops are highlighted when they contain items.

Completing early quests provides cash, equipment, and the ability to start growing plants.

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