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Step 1: Infiltrate the Nexus Core
Schedule I

Step 1: Infiltrate the Nexus Core

Learn how to start playing Schedule I, from character customization and initial quests to renting a motel room and buying essential equipment. Your journey begins now!

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Learn how to start playing Schedule I, from character customization and initial quests to renting a motel room and buying essential equipment. Your journey begins now!

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After creating your character, you spawn in front of the bus station. Open your phone ('Tab') and read the message from 'Unknown' to start the 'Getting Started' quest.
  2. 2
    Go to the payphone and talk to 'U.N.' (Uncle Nelson). He'll instruct you to find his stash near the skatepark, which contains $375.
  3. 3
    Speak to the motel manager, Donna, to rent a room. You can then pickpocket her to get the $75 back.
  4. 4
    Enter room 1 of the motel to complete the quest.
  5. 5
    Talk to Uncle Nelson at the payphone again to start the 'Gearing Up' questline.
  6. 6
    Go to the hardware store (marked by a yellow star on your map or by following the road past the motel).
  7. 7
    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'.
  8. 8
    Return to your motel room, place the grow tent, and add soil.
  9. 9
    Talk to Uncle Nelson again to meet Albert Hoover.
  10. 10
    Open your phone and order seeds from Albert via a 'Dead Drop'. The first order of 'OG Kush' takes 30 in-game minutes to arrive.
  11. 11
    Pick up the seeds from the highlighted 'dead drop' location.
  12. 12
    Return to your motel room, sow the seed in the grow tent, and water the plant using the watering can.
  13. 13
    Sleep to advance plant growth.
  14. 14
    Harvest the plant using the 'Plant Trimmers' when it's fully grown.
  15. 15
    Place the 'Packaging Station' and package the harvested buds into baggies.
Tips
  • You can only customize your character once at the start; changes later require editing game files or visiting in-game shops (barber, clothing, tattoo).
  • Speed-runners can open the motel room door and step inside to quickly complete the quest.
  • Depositing cash at the ATM is safer as you won't lose it if caught by cops or if you die.
  • If you tell Dan at the hardware store you're a drug dealer, he may gift you 'Speed Grow'.
  • Watering the plant before sowing the seed is possible.
  • Sleeping after watering helps plants grow faster and conserves water.
  • 'Dead drops' with items inside are highlighted.
  • You can unpackage weed by reversing the packaging process.
  • Jars can also be used to store buds.

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