Exploration & Discovery — Schedule I Guide

Learn how to start your journey in Schedule I, from character customization and your first quests to renting a motel room, buying equipment, and planting your first seeds.

This guide covers the initial stages of Schedule I, including character creation, early quests, and setting up your first grow operation.

Starting the Game:

Upon starting a new save in Schedule I, you'll witness a cutscene, customize your character (a choice locked for the save, but changeable via game files), and then spawn near a bus station. Your first quest, "Getting Started," directs you to open your phone ('Tab' key) and read messages. An "Unknown" message leads you to a payphone to meet "U.N." (Uncle Nelson), who tasks you with retrieving his stash near the skatepark. You'll find $375 there.

Renting a Motel Room:

Next, speak to the motel manager, Donna, at the house next to the motel. The quest updates to "Rent a motel room." After the dialogue, you can pickpocket Donna to reclaim the $75 needed for the room. Enter room 1 to complete the objective. Uncle Nelson will then want to speak with you again at the payphone.

Buying Equipment:

The "Gearing Up" questline begins. Head to the hardware store (marked by a yellow star on the map, or by following the road past your room). Here, you'll need to deposit cash at the ATM and purchase a grow tent, soil bag, and watering can. It's recommended to also buy "Plant Trimmers," "Packaging Station," and 10 "Baggies." Optional purchases include a trash grabber and a "Trash bag." If you tell Dan at the hardware store you're a drug dealer, he may gift you "Speed Grow." Return to your motel room, place the grow tent, and fill the pot with soil.

Planting your First Seeds:

Talk to Uncle Nelson again, who introduces Albert Hoover. Check your phone for a message from Albert. To order seeds (a "Dead Drop"), send a message and select "I need to order a dead drop." You can currently only buy "OG Kush." After placing an order, Albert will deliver it to a "dead drop" location, marked by a small metal drawer with a cross. Your first delivery is quick; subsequent ones take about 4 in-game hours. Debts are placed on a tab, payable at the dead drop behind the hardware store. Sow the seed in the grow tent by holding the seed and pressing 'E'. Water the plant using the watering can (fill it at the sink). Plants grow about 15% per in-game hour. Sleeping after watering helps progress and conserves water. Once the plant is fully grown, use the plant trimmers on the grow tent to harvest the buds.

Packaging:

Place down the "Packaging Station." Interact with it to package the harvested buds. Drag baggies into the "Packaging" slot and buds into the "Input" slot. Press "Pack," then drag each bud into a bag, and the bag into the hopper. Packaged weed will appear in the output. You can also unpack weed by reversing the process.