Mechanic

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Reason: Mechanic overhaul November 7th 2023, not all features fully known
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As a Mechanic , you will be responsible for aiding in roadside assistance calls from the AI residents of San Andreas. As you progress through levels, the experience earned per call will go up. If you're feeling extra helpful, you can even repair player-owned vehicles.

Getting started

• Head to any Job Center (except for Life Invader) and select the Mechanic job.
• Purchase a MECHANIC: vehicle from the Vehicle Shop
  • The currently useable vehicles are Flatbed (Truck), Flatbed Wedge and the Wastelander

Mechanic Vehicles

The currently useable vehicles are Flatbed (Truck), Flatbed Wedge and the Wastelander

Level requirement	Name	Price	Fuel	Top Speed in mph
LVL 1	Flatbed Truck	$11.000	280L (Diesel)	76.25
LVL 10	Flatbed Towing Trailer	$20.000	N/A	N/A
LVL 1	Wastelander	$0 (You need to finish 10 Land Surveyor Missions)	280L (Diesel)	Unknown
LVL 446	Flatbed Wedge	$0 (500k Mechanic Experience)	280L (Diesel)	Unknown

Main Objectives

• Receive AI roadside assist calls.
• AI calls will reward you with Mechanic experience.
• As a mechanic you can also repair vehicles, you will need to buy Repair Kits from Market (Mechanic) . You can use them via (M → Player Options → [Mechanic]Repair Vehicle).

(Optional) Requirements

Certain calls allow you to use items to not need to tow the vehicle, the currently known callouts that use items are:

• 'Out of Gas' - Use Jerry Can (Petrol).
  • Empty Jerry cans can be bought and filled at Market (Gas Station), not regular markets.
• 'Dead battery' - Use Jumper Cable.
  • Jumper Cables are made at the Vehicle Parts location in Paleto.

AI Calls

• Receive AI calls to transport/tow broken down vehicles.
• Go to the Mechanic Office , enter the blue circle, follow the instructions and go on duty.
• Get in your vehicle.
• Wait for an automatic callout to occur, you must remain in your vehicle to be able to receive callouts.
• Follow the GPS to the location marked on your map.
• Approach the vehicle on foot, press E to inspect the vehicle.
• What you do now depends on the issue, refer to the Roadside Assistance Issues table below
  • You'll either need to tow the vehicle or assist in small repairs.
• Congratulations, you will now be awarded with Mechanic experience and some money!

Roadside Assistance Issues

Issue	Action	Optional Item?	Tow?
Flat tire	Change tire	❌	❌
Blown engine	Tow	❌	✅
Dead battery	Jump start	Jumper cable	Use item or tow
Out of gas	Refuel	Jerry Can (Petrol)	Use item or tow
Bent chassis	Tow	❌	✅

Locations

Mechanic Market	Mechanic Office

Repair Locations / Repair Shops

Trivia

• Sub level 20 calls will be less than 3 kilometers away.
• The 'Jobs this session' counter only goes up for towed vehicles, this is likely a bug.
• There is a (unknown) chance to receive 1000 Self Storage Cards.
• The callouts are clientside, only you will see your own callouts.

Milestones

This section will be inaccurate/false, the in-game milestones is broken, information below is from when it still worked

Unlock	Mechanic Level requirement
You can now use the Mechanic Trailer	10
You can now do Mechanic callouts with the Skylift	20