Packie is also one of the few characters in GTA 4 who consistently assists in the missions that he gives to the player.

Hours of Operation:

Packie hangs out all night, and sleeps most of the day.  He can be reached between 3:00 pm and 6:00 am.

Special Ability:

Once you reach 75% likeness with Packie, you can access his special ability which will place a bomb at a random location nearby your position.  Once you pick it up, you can plant it onto a car – then detonate it at any time by phoning Packie again.

Likes:

Booze, strip clubs, and his favorite spot is Donnie’s Bar.

Roman’s Special Ability:

Roman will offer you his Taxi cab service if he likes you enough - and will drive you anywhere in Liberty City for free.  Simply call Roman up, select “Call Service” and he will send a Cab to your position.

Hours of Operation:

Roman’s easy going personality shines through here, call him at any time!

Jobs:

At a certain point, Roman will phone Niko up and tell him he could use some help with the Taxi Cab business.  Niko can phone Roman up and select “Jobs.”  Niko can make some extra money ferrying people around Liberty City this way.

Likes:

Drinking, Eating (high class restaruants) and Strip Clubs.

Generally these missions are short, and revolve around a problem that that particular person is facing.  Niko will either be asked to help or will take the matter into his own hands.  These side missions offer cash rewards upon completion, and help to flesh out the characters a bit more within Liberty City.

Many of Little Jacob’s missions involve some type of drug deal gone wrong, calling on Niko to watch his back and protect him while he goes carries out various drug deals.

Special Ability:

Once you reach 60% likeness with Little Jacob, he will sell you weapons, ammunition and armor – all at a discounted price! If you need any of his merchandise just give Little Jacob a call and select “Guns,” and he will choose a place nearby your location (usually an alley) to meet you at. When you get to Little Jacob, (designated by the LJ on the radar) walk up to his car and press L1 to buy guns.  Little Jacob will sell you all weaponry currently available to you, EXCEPT for the RPG.

Likes:

Cluckin’ Bell is his favorite but fast food in general is good as well, and Club Liberty.

Hours of Operation:

You can contact Little Jacob between 1:00pm and 4:00am.

Jobs:

If you are strapped for cash, you can also call Little Jacob up and select “Jobs.” Most of the these jobs will have you making various drug deals around Liberty City on behalf of LJ.

Little Jacob’s Prices:

Body Armor: $300

Grenades: $700 each

Knife: $100

17x 9mm Handgun rounds: $25

1x Molotov: $350

10x Shotgun shells: $100

1x Grenade: $700

30x Submachine gun rounds: $20

Micro Machine Gun (Mac-10): $840

30x Rifle Rounds: $70

Armor: $300

Brucie’s missions usually involve assassinating some individual whom Brucie perceives has wronged him in some shape or form.

Likes:

Any ritzy establishment that is expensive.

Hours of Operation:

Brucie can be contacted any time from 7:00am to 1:00 am the following day.

Special Ability:

If Brucie likes you enough you can call him up and he will pick you up in a helicopter, and then take you to various locations around Liberty City.

Jobs:

Brucie will send Niko emails asking him to steal certain vehicles from all over Liberty City, and then place them into his lock-up. The more damaged a vehicle is when returned to Brucie’s lock-up, the less money the player receives for the theft. If you damaged the car heavily while “acquiring” it, you can spend $100 at any Pay ‘n’ Spray to completely restore it to brand new before turning it in, for maximum cash.  You must reply to Brucie’s email to accept the vehicle theft mission.

After you complete Brucie’s final mission he will give you for free, the sports car you raced with in the mission “No.1.”

You are also able to phone Brucie to arrange street races for money, once you have completed his missions.