Base Jumps

Overview

Base Jumps are a side activity in The Ballad of Gay Tony that opens after Luis Fernando Lopez completes High Dive. There are 15 jump locations spread around Liberty City, and finishing all of them counts toward 100% completion and the Gone Down achievement or trophy.

Each jump is one of three types:

• Target jumps, the most common and usually the easiest. Luis leaps from a tall Algonquin building, passes through a series of checkpoints and lands on a marked spot in the street. One of them starts on Rotterdam Tower and ends in the City Hall park.
• Vehicle jumps, where the landing target is a vehicle, usually a slow-moving Flatbed and once a Marquis boat. Some of these, such as the Boyden Avenue Building jump, have Luis launch off the roof on a Sanchez to reach a distant target.
• Helicopter jumps, which start from a hovering helicopter instead of a building. One begins from the pier at Firefly Island.

Walkthrough

1. Travel to a Base Jump location and start the activity.
2. Jump, then steer through each checkpoint in order.
3. Open the parachute early enough to line up with the landing zone.
4. Touch down on the target, or on the moving vehicle for a vehicle jump.

Tips

• Moving targets are the hardest. Aim ahead of the Flatbed or Marquis rather than at it.
• If the parachute fails to deploy after leaving a helicopter, select it from the inventory to equip it again.
• Base jumps in multiplayer only place you on top of a tall building.

Rewards and unlocks

• A parachute spawns at Luis' safehouse after all 15 jumps.
• Gone Down achievement or trophy.
• Required for 100% completion.