Learn how to start your game in Schedule I, from character customization and initial quests to renting a motel room and buying essential equipment at the hardware store.
Walkthrough
- 1After the initial cutscene and character customization, you spawn at the bus station.
- 2Open your phone ('Tab' key) and read messages to receive the "Getting Started" quest.
- 3Go to the payphone and talk to "U.N." (Uncle Nelson).
- 4Fetch Uncle Nelson's stash near the skatepark (ledge by the motel road) to get $375.
- 5Speak to the motel manager, Donna, next to the motel.
- 6The quest changes to "Rent a motel room."
- 7Pickpocket Donna to steal back the $75 needed for the room.
- 8Enter motel room 1 to complete the quest objective.
- 9Return to the payphone to speak with Uncle Nelson again.
- 10A 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).
- 11At the hardware store, deposit your cash at the ATM (use the "MAX" button).
- 12Purchase a grow tent, soil bag, and watering can from Dan.
- 13It's recommended to also buy "Plant Trimmers" and a "Packaging Station," plus 10 "Baggies."
- 14Optional: Buy a trash grabber and a "Trash bag" to manage trash in the motel room.
- 15If you tell Dan you're a drug dealer, he might give you "Speed Grow."
- 16Return to your motel room, place the grow tent, and add soil to the pot.
- 17Talk to Uncle Nelson at the payphone again. He introduces you to Albert Hoover.
- 18Open your phone and send a message to Albert Hoover. Select "I need to order a [dead drop]".
- 19Order "OG Kush" seeds (or other available seeds) and the desired quantity.
- 20Pick up the delivered seeds from the highlighted dead drop.
- 21Pay off your tab by placing cash in the dead drop behind the hardware store.
- 22Go to the grow tent while holding the seed and press 'E' to sow it.
- 23Fill your watering can at the sink and water the plant in the grow tent.
Tips
- You can change your appearance in the game files, and in the full game, at barbershops, clothing shops, and tattoo parlors.
- Speed-runners can open the motel room door and step inside, then immediately start the next quest.
- Depositing cash at the ATM is safer as you won't lose it if caught by police or if you die.
- Holding 'Shift' while grabbing items from storage allows you to take the entire stack with one click.
- Right-clicking an item and scrolling allows you to select a custom amount to grab.
- If you buy items that don't fit in your inventory, they will be placed on pallets outside the store.
- Trash can in the motel room takes up 2x2 tiles; a trash bag is recommended for removal.
- "Speed Grow" speeds up plant growth; its effect on product quality is not yet implemented.
- It's generally recommended to stick with OG Kush for its ease and cost-effectiveness in creating better products.
- Dead drops with items inside are highlighted.
- Dead drop deliveries take 30 in-game minutes (30 seconds) initially, then about 4 in-game hours (4 minutes).
- Albert Hoover collects debts immediately when cash is placed in the dead drop.
- $375 from Uncle Nelson's stash.
- $75 stolen back from Donna.
- "Speed Grow" (optional, if you tell Dan you're a drug dealer).
- OG Kush seeds.
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