By the Book GTA 5 is one of the more memorable mission in Grand Theft Auto 5, assigned to both Michael De Santa and Trevor Philips by the FIB agent, Steve Haines. The quest location is the Warehouse on the Dutch London Street, Banning, South of Los Santos.

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The protagonists have to do jobs together very often

Mission

Either Michael or Trevor would receive a phone call from Haines, summon them to the warehouse. At that location, the protagonist you control would meet the other protagonist, along with Haines, Dave Norton, and Devin Weston.

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All the torture tools available

Haines wants Michal, with the help of Norton and Kerimov, a witness, to orchestrate a plan to assassinate Tahir Javan, a man with ties to terrorists. They then divided into two teams, with Michael and Norton trying to locate Javan, while Trevor, Haines, and Kerimov would stay as mission control.

The first location Michael and Norton visited turned out to be a false lead. Because of the wrong information Kerimov provided, Haines would then order Trevor to torture Kerimov to try to get the real location.

There is quite a few torture method Kerimov could be put through, Trevor can either waterboarding the guy, beat him with a wrench, shocks him, or pulling out one of his teeth. Kerimov discloses everything after the first round of torture, however, and the true location of Javan is a beach house in Chumash.

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The electric torture in GTA V By the Book

Things escalated further when Michael and Norton arrived at the beach house, as it is holding a big party and there are too many people there that could be Javan. After that, it is back to Kerimov torturing – and after three rounds, the guy finally reveals Javan’s appearance:

A bearded man of average height and weight – left-handed and smoke a lot of Redwood Cigarettes. It is up to Michael to use these clues to assassinate Javan.

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Assassinate Javan with a sniper rifle

Back at the warehouse, Trevor is ordered by Haines to kill Kerimov to erase the loose end, however, after Haines depart, Trevor decides otherwise. He frees Kerimov then brings the guy to the airport to get him away from Los Santos. The mission is completed after Trevor drops Kerimov at the airport.

Gold Medal Objectives

Don't Stop Me Now - Complete the GTA 5 torture mission without Kerimov's heart-stopping.

Kerimov's heart will stop if his heart rate passes 200 BPM – don’t go overboard while doing the GTA 5 torture mission.

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Waterboarding, an illegal torture method

Electrocutioner - Electrocute Kerimov (you have to be careful since this deals a lot of damage in longer duration)

The Tooth Hurts - Pull out one of his teeth.

Wrenched – Hit him with the wrench.

It's Legal! - Waterboard Kerimov. It is recommended to do this last since it does the least damage.

Tips

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The mission completes when you leave the airport

It is possible to use the GTA 5 torture tools randomly, however, the player would have to observe an EKG monitor constantly for Kerimov’s energy and heart rate. The easiest way to get the “Don’t stop me now” Gold Medal Objective is just waterboarding since the method does the least damage. Pushing too far to the adrenaline shot would null your chances of getting the Gold Medal of GTA 5 Torture mission.

Below is our video guide for 100% gold objectives completion of this mission.

The player can actually eliminate Javan without doing much to Kerimov – as the information about Javan’s height and weight is actually enough for the mission trigger to appears. The GTA 5 torture session will then be cut short, along with the mission. However, you would not be able to get the Gold Completion that way.

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