FBI

Overview

The FBI is the federal law enforcement agency in GTA San Andreas. Its agents do not patrol the streets; they appear when CJ's wanted level reaches five stars, before the army steps in at six.

Wanted level role

• At five stars, teams of heavily armed and armoured agents chase CJ in FBI Ranchers and form roadblocks with them.
• They are fast, aggressive drivers and fire SMGs at a high rate, so they can quickly wreck CJ's car.
• The streets start emptying of civilians while ordinary police keep appearing on foot.
• Five stars become possible after The Green Sabre. Entering Area 69 or Easter Basin Naval Station triggers five stars at once.
• Being busted at five stars costs $900.

Equipment

• Vehicles: FBI Rancher, Buffalo, Maverick, Mesa and Sanchez.
• Weapons: mainly SMGs, with Micro SMGs and AK-47s in certain missions.
• Agents wear a blue jacket with FBI lettering on the sleeves and back, over a white shirt and black tie.

Role in the story

• Badlands: Tenpenny sends CJ to Mount Chiliad to kill a witness the FBI is guarding in a remote cabin.
• Misappropriation: CJ must take a dossier from an FBI agent meeting a DEA officer at Aldea Malvada, chasing the courier to the car park of the Las Venturas Bank in Roca Escalante.

Tips

• Hurting an agent after the wanted level is cleared gives only one star, not two.
• Pay 'n' Spray garages and police bribes are the quickest way to lose the agents.