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Bury the Hatchet, Michael De Santa
Mission 56

Bury the Hatchet

Michael De Santa

3 gold medals
Mission giver
Michael De Santa
Playable
Michael De Santa, Trevor Philips
Location
De Santa Residence, Rockford Hills Michael, Los Santos International Airport, Cavalry Boulevard, Ludendorff, State of North Yankton Trevor, Sandy Shores Airfield, Ludendorff Church and Cemetery, Ludendorff, State of North Yankton After the shootout, Pacific Ocean, off the coast of North Chumash, Sandy Shores Airfield
Target
Not stated
Unlocked by
Deep Inside, Surveying the Score
Unlocks
Pack Man

Player notes

Trevor visits Michael at the De Santa Residence in Rockford Hills and talks about breaking Brad Snider out of prison. Michael refuses to discuss North Yankton or the man buried in his grave. Trevor realizes that Michael is hiding something, threatens him and storms out with Michael's car. Michael follows too late. Trevor heads for Sandy Shores Airfield while Michael calls him, trying to stop him from returning to North Yankton. Trevor rejects him. Michael then contacts Dave Norton to warn him that Trevor may know the truth.

The story follows either man on the journey north. Trevor takes a plane from Sandy Shores Airfield to Ludendorff, while Michael boards a flight at Los Santos International Airport and drives from there to Ludendorff Church and Cemetery. Trevor reaches Michael Townley's grave first and digs up the coffin. Michael arrives as Trevor uncovers Brad's body. Michael admits that the North Yankton robbery was arranged with the FIB: Brad took the bullet intended for Trevor, while Michael pretended to be dying so Trevor would escape believing both men were dead.

Michael and Trevor draw their pistols on each other, but Wei Cheng's Triads arrive to seize Trevor. Trevor's gun jams as he tries to fire. He throws it at Michael and flees through the cemetery, leaving Michael to fight the Triads. Michael reaches his car but is forced out and taken captive. The view switches to Trevor flying back across the Pacific Ocean. Cheng calls to demand Trevor's Blaine County operations in exchange for Michael's life. Trevor mocks him, then lands at Sandy Shores Airfield.

Objectives

2 approaches

In the order the game gives them. The unnumbered steps only appear if you go off script.

Michael

  1. 1Go to Los Santos International Airport.
  2. 2Go to the second level terminal entrance.
  3. 3Go to Ludendorff cemetery.
  4. 4Go to your grave.
  5. 5Get in the car.

Trevor

  1. 1Go to the Sandy Shores Airfield.
  2. 2Get in the plane.
  3. 3Fly to North Yankton.
  4. 4Fly back to the Sandy Shores Airfield.

Gold medal

3 requirements

Every one of these in a single run earns the medal. Replaying the mission later counts.

  • Time

    Complete within 11:00.

  • Headshots

    Kill 20 enemies with a headshot.

  • Accuracy

    Finish with a shooting accuracy of at least 80%.

Rewards

Achievements
The Moment of Truth

Mission failed if

Any of these fails the mission and sends you back to the last checkpoint.

  • ร—Wasted
  • ร—Busted
  • ร—The plane was destroyed (only if playing as Trevor).
  • ร—The plane got stuck.
  • ร—Leaving the mission area (only if playing as Michael).
  • ร—The car was abandoned.
  • ร—The car got stuck.
  • ร—The car was destroyed.
  • ร—Michael failed to reach the cemetery/grave.

Trivia

  • โ—†The mission title is an idiom meaning "to make peace" or "to forget about the past".
  • โ—†In the Bottom Dollar Bounties update for GTA Online, the title of this mission is referenced during the Ludendorff Cemetery Survival with a literal hatchet spawn point at "Michael's" grave.
  • โ—†This is the second mission in the series which requires the player to fly into another restricted and snowy location, the first being Saint Mark's Bistro in GTA San Andreas.
  • โ—†Michael driving to Ludendorff's cemetery is similar to a moment in the mission (when riding back to camp as ) from , another game by Rockstar, as the two scenes involve the protagonist remembering quotes and conversations from their past as they travel to a certain location to confront their enemies.
  • โ—†This mission is very similar to the of the Rockstar game . Both the mission and the chapter happen in a cemetery while it is snowing, both involve the protagonist trying to get out of the cemetery after a shootout begins, and both protagonists (Michael and ) have a special ability of being able to shoot in slow motion. Both protagonists are also captured whilst trying to escape (although Max escapes, whilst Michael does not).
  • โ—†Trevor stating that "What happens in the dark, comes out in the light" could possibly be an adaptation of a quote from Luke 12:2-3 in the Bible that reads "Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light". This became a Dhar Mann moral in the mid-2020s and was popularized in Dhar Mann's videos.
  • โ—†In the cutscene where Michael is boarding the plane, through the plane window, a bus can be seen within the airport tarmac. This cannot be seen in normal gameplay, as buses will only spawn normally on the roads surrounding the airport tarmac instead.
  • โ—†Moreover, once the plane is shown in the air, North Yankton can be sighted in the background.
  • โ—†If the mission is started with Michael, Trevor will steal any car previously driven by Michael, not exclusively his Tailgater. This only works if the player leaves Michael's Tailgater anywhere (or otherwise destroyed it) to take any other car.
  • โ—†If the player decides to travel to North Yankton as Trevor, he will have to fly west of San Andreas in order to go to North Yankton, despite it being located east of San Andreas. As he flies closer to the Pacific Ocean, the weather changes from cloudy to rain to a thunderstorm.
  • โ—†The Cuban 800 Trevor uses in this mission has a unique grey color scheme. It can be obtained by simply storing it in his hangar after completing the mission.
  • โ—†This mission marks one of the rare appearances of the Asea in the original version of the game if playing as Michael, although in this mission a special snowy variant is used.
  • โ—†While in North Yankton, it will be impossible to listen to radio stations. The player must wait until Trevor flies his Cuban 800 over the Pacific Ocean to regain the ability to do so.
  • โ—†When the player is in North Yankton, the time always starts at 22:00 and freezes once it gets to 00:00.
  • โ—†The alien frozen under the railway bridge seen in Prologue is still there in this mission.
  • โ—†Michael is noticeably trying to hold his tears when he argues with Trevor, his voice cracking multiple times due to the emotion.
  • โ—†The cutscene at the graveyard was originally longer by a moderate amount. According to the PS3 files, there were additional lines of dialogue between Michael and Trevor that were removed from the final cutscene. Only the overall dialogue audio remains, while other sounds, such as shovel digging and pistol shots, are absent.
  • โ—†When Michael fires his pistol at Trevor during the cutscene, it notably has a different firing sound.
  • โ—†The Burritos driven by the Triads have much lower health than normal. They can be destroyed with a full Carbine Rifle magazine. This is because Michael's arsenal is "weak" (no explosives or heavy weapons), so that destroying vehicles before the Triads exit them is easier. These Burritos can be driven, but they break down if the player drives too far, usually before the player gets across the railroad tracks.
  • โ—†This mission spawns six snow covered vehicles. All of them except the Burrito and Mesa can be observed driving on the roads leading to and around Ludendorff, with the Asea being controlled by the player. These vehicles are as follows:
  • โ—†Asea (used by Michael).
  • โ—†Burrito (second generation, when the Los Santos Triads attack).
  • โ—†Emperor (beater).
  • โ—†Mesa (outside the church; it likely belongs to Trevor, as it disappears when the shootout occurs).
  • โ—†Rancher XL.
  • โ—†Sadler (rarely with trailers).
  • โ—†Michael's stolen Tailgater will still be parked at Sandy Shores Airfield when Trevor returns. This offers a rare chance for a character to easily obtain and save another character's default vehicle. Any mods applied to it previously by Michael (or Jimmy) remain in place.
  • โ—†Once Fresh Meat is complete, Michael's outfit from this mission will be available to wear. It is entitled "Ludendorff". Trevor's Ludendorff outfit will be available immediately upon completing this mission.
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Last verified September 14, 2026