Tags

Gang Tags, or graffiti tags, are a type of collectible item in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, found only in Los Santos.

Description[]

Carl Johnson has to search for a total of 100 gang tags all around Los Santos and spray over them with the Grove Street Families' emblem with a Spray Can. A tag needs at least 29 units of spray can "ammo" to be completely sprayed over. Tags and their basics are first introduced during the mission Tagging Up Turf. Spraying over an enemy tag increases the player's respect and respraying all 100 tags is required for 100% completion.

Rewards[]

Upon completing all the gang tags, the player will receive certain rewards. These are:

• Molotov Cocktail, AK-47, Sawn-off Shotgun and TEC 9 delivered to the kitchen at the Johnson House;
• Grove Street gang members will start to carry Desert Eagles, SMGs and knives instead of the usual pistol and TEC 9.

Interactive Map[]

Locations[]

#	Image	Tag	Location	Description
1			Idlewood	Next to Big Smoke's House, painted on the overpass.
2			Idlewood	House to the north of Big Smoke's House.
3			Idlewood	Alley behind the house from the previous Tag.
4			East Los Santos	Painted next to the latina mural in front of the basketball court in East Los Santos.
5			East Los Santos	Alley behind the Cluckin' Bell in East Los Santos.
6			East Los Santos	Rooftop of a strip mall across the street from Cluckin' Bell.
7			Las Colinas	In the northeastern most building of Los Santos.
8			East Beach	In the house adjacent to Colonel Fuhrberger's House.
9			East Beach	On the roof of East Pacific, between the two windows.
10			East Beach	Behind The Golden Palms apartment building in the northern end of Saints Boulevard, on the cliff next to Colonel Fuhrberger's House.
11			East Beach	In the front of 2026 Saints Boulevard.
12			East Beach	In the entrance of the multistorey car park to the north of Sprunk Incorporated.
13			East Beach	In the secluded private property sharing the parking lot with Sprunk Incorporated.
14			East Beach	On the wall of the East Beach Power Station, below the two chimneys.
15			Los Flores	In the alleyway behind the Los Flores Hydroelectric Power Plant
16			Los Flores	In the northern end of the same block as the Los Flores Hydroelectric Power Plant, in a building advertising cash loans.
17			Los Flores	In the northwestern end of the same block, in a small apartment block facing a blank billboard to the north.
18			Los Flores	East from Jefferson Motel, painted on the stairs next to the Dopealicious FM billboard.
19			Las Colinas	Painted in one of two yellow houses in the eastern portion of Las Colinas, to the south of easternmost dirt road.
20			East Los Santos	Alleyway to the east of Highland Swapmall, visited during the bike chase in OG Loc.
21			East Los Santos	In the same alleyway as the previous Tag.
22			East Los Santos	In a small tunnel of a yellow building behind the Car Wash.
23			East Los Santos	In a parking lot to the southeast of the Cluckin' Bell, painted in the rear of a green building with a blank billboard on the top.
24			Ganton	Painted on the wall of the Grove Street overpass, behind Denise Robinson's House.
25			Ganton	In the alleyway behind Ganton Gym, painted in the rear of the blue building.
26			Willowfield	Painted on the wall of the Cluckin' Bell visited during Drive-Thru.
27			Willowfield	Painted on the facade of the 98¢ store building, in the same street as the Willowfield Safehouse and Emmet's gun store.
28			Willowfield	In the 6th Street Plaza parking lot, to the northeast from Emmet's gun store.
29			East Beach	Painted in the southeastern entrance of the Los Santos Forum, facing the entrance sign announcing the 8-Track event to the south.
30			Playa del Seville	In the pedestrian walkway in the northern portion of the beach.
31			Playa del Seville	In the northeasternmost blue apartment building, facing the Los Santos Forum to the north.
32			Playa del Seville	Between the two easternmost blue apartment buildings, on the sidewalk facing the beach to the east.
33			Playa del Seville	In the basketball court next to LB's garage used during Burglar side-missions.
34			Willowfield	In the entrance of the electrical substation to the north of Loco Low Co. lowrider modding garage.
35			Ocean Docks	South from the "Jesus Saves" mural, in the south end of the street, behind the refinery.
36			Willowfield	In the southern end of the Los Santos Storm Drain, painted on the suspension of the bridge in Willowfield.
37			Ocean Docks	Painted on the northern suspension tower of the Ocean Docks Bridge.
38			Ocean Docks	Painted on the Ocean Docks Freight Depot visited during Gray Imports, in the wall of the southern warehouse next to the train tracks.
39			Ocean Docks	Painted on the conteiners outside the three warehouses to the next to the southeasternmost yellow crane, facing the river.
40			Ocean Docks	Painted in one of the three warehouses to the north of the Ocean Docks Freight Depot visited during Gray Imports.
41			Willowfield	In the storm drain tunnel below the Willowfield Junkyard, west from Unity Station.
42			El Corona	Painted on the inaccessible sex shop, to the east from Cesar Vialpando's House.
43			El Corona	On a yellow fence behind the house in El Corona, adjacent to Cesar Vialpando's House.
44			El Corona	Painted on the wall of the house across the street of Cesar Vialpando's House.
45			El Corona	Painted on the wall of a bar across the street from the Tattoo Parlor in El Corona.
46			El Corona	On the housing projects visited during Los Desperados, to the east from Unity Station.
47			Willowfield	In the strip mall to the south of the Pay 'n' Spray in Idlewood.
48			El Corona	Painted over La Raza movement mural behind the Liquor Market to the east from Unity Station's Lowrider Challenge location.
49			Idlewood	In the storm drain tunnel to the northeast from Unity Station.
50			Idlewood	Painted on the sign on top of the Car Wash behind the Idlewood gas station.
51			Idlewood	Painted on the Security Storage warehouse behind Reece's Hair & Facial Studio, to the west of The Well Stacked Pizza Co.
52			Idlewood	Parking lot of the 24 Hour Motel to the southwest of Ganton Gym.
53			Little Mexico	Painted on the wall of the church in Little Mexico, facing the Atrium to the north.
54			Little Mexico	Behind the building in which the Race Tournaments are started.
55			Idlewood	Northwestern wall of the Alhambra nightclub.
56			Idlewood	Painted on the Fight Plaza Church building to the north of the Race Tournaments, facing the Los Santos Prison.
57			Idlewood	Painted on the wall of the building to the northeast from the Atrium.
58			Idlewood	On the buildings to the north of Big Smoke's House, adjacent to the bridge to Jefferson.
59			Jefferson	In the blue house to the west from the Jefferson Towers.
60			Jefferson	Painted on the eastern wall of the County General Hospital, hidden behind bushes.
61			Jefferson	Painted on the wall of the church in Jefferson.
62			East Los Santos	Alley behind the E-W Liquor store to the north of the Jefferson Towers.
63			East Los Santos	Parking lot under the Los Santos Vagos House briefly visited during the car chase in Reuniting the Families.
64			Jefferson	Behind the Jefferson Motel, below the stairs.
65			Jefferson	Alleyway to south of the Sub Urban clothing store.
66			Jefferson	Behind the Coutt and Schutz dealership, to the west of Jefferson Motel.
67			Las Colinas	In the alley behind a orange building to the west of the Coutt and Schutz dealership.
68			Las Colinas	Northeast from the previous Tag, behind two palm trees.
69			Las Colinas	In the entrance of the railway tunnel leading to Red County, next to Jefferson Motel.
70			Las Colinas	Behind the big house to the west of Iglesia Pentecostes and Carniceria El Pueblo.
71			Las Colinas	In the western portion of El Corona, in an alleyway to the south of the yellow Eris billboard.
72			Mulholland Intersection	Under the overpass in the eastern section of Mulholland Intersection, painted next to a tree.
73			Glen Park	In the northernmost yellow buildings in Glen Park, located in the house with two small trees in the middle.
74			Glen Park	Under the bridge over the lake in Glen Park.
75			Glen Park	Behind the strip mall in south Glen Park.
76			Glen Park	Painted on the northeastern wall of the Glen Park Skate Park.
77			Downtown Los Santos	In the plaza to the west of the Glen Park Skate Park, painted next to two joshua trees.
78			Downtown Los Santos	Painted on the wall of the skyscraper to the northwest of the previous Tag, to the south of the Inside Track betting shop.
79			Downtown Los Santos	Painted on the wall of a skyscraper facing the Zip clothing store, next to a staircase.
80			Mulholland Intersection	Painted on the wall of the theatre in Downtown Los Santos, near the parking lot under the Mulholland Intersection.
81			Temple	Painted on the wall of the yellow building in which the TransFender and the Pay 'n' Spray are located, behind The Bog Standard hotel.
82			Vinewood	Painted on the building to the west of The Bog Standard hotel, to the north of the Vinewood Cemetery.
83			Vinewood	Painted on the eastern wall of the Blastin' Fools Records building.
84			Market	In the strip mall located to the northeast of Jim's Sticky Ring donut shop, adjacent to Hippie Lady store.
85			Market	In a building next to the curve-shaped sculture to the south of All Saints General Hospital.
86			Pershing Square	Painted on the southern wall of the Los Santos Police Headquarters.
87			Commerce	Painted in front of the Los Santos City Hall.
88			Commerce	Painted on the wall of Legal Cinema, next to movie posters.
89			Verona Beach	Across the street from the previous Tag, upstairs in the nearby white building.
90			Market	Painted on the white building to the south of the Cluckin' Bell in Market.
91			Marina	Next to the wooden jetty of Jetty Lounge in the north end of the Marina canal.
92			Rodeo	West from the previous Tag, on a wall below the Ranch billboard.
93			Rodeo	Painted on the wall of Vinyl Countdown.
94			Santa Maria Beach	Painted on the building in the southeastern end of the Yacht Harbor, next ot the ferris wheel.
95			Santa Maria Beach	Below the ped walkway behind The Beach House, which hosts the Pay 'n' Spray of Santa Maria Beach.
96			Marina	Near the Verona Beach pier visited during Management Issues.
97			Verona Beach	In the air travel agencies located in the western end of Verona Beach, next to the Verdant Bluffs tunnel.
98			Verdant Bluffs	On the top of the Los Santos Observatory.
99			Los Santos International Airport	Painted on the wall of the airport tower.
100			Los Santos International Airport	In the entrance of the tunnel to the south of the airport, next to the Homies Sharp billboard.

Video[]

Gallery[]

The gang tag for Grove Street Families and the one the player resprays over enemy tags.

Seville Boulevard Families' tag.

Front Yard Ballas' set.

Kilo Tray Ballas' set.

Temple Drive Ballas' set.

The Los Santos Vagos' gang tag.

Varrios Los Aztecas' gang tag.

Unused tag for San Fierro Rifa.

All tags sprayed

Message given after all tags are sprayed

Trivia[]

• If the police spot Carl spraying a tag, a wanted level will be applied, which should be noted with tags located in high-traffic areas. This is because the spray can is counted as a weapon, and "firing" a weapon will grant CJ a wanted star when caught spraying, though a "real-world" perspective can also be applied in that spraying graffiti is generally considered an illegal act by itself as vandalism.
• A tag is not considered sprayed until the on-screen message appears and confirmation sound is played, which can be triggered without the tag being completely covered and so can still be locked on.
• Spraying over any tags that will be used in the mission Tagging Up Turf before the mission will result in the tag being reset and requires respraying every tag in that mission again.
• Before Carl unlocks the spray can item in the Johnson House, he can find one on the rooftop of the shop directly behind the house, which can be obtained by jumping onto the low wall in the alley between the Johnson House and Ryder's House.
• The Varrios Los Aztecas gang tag is orange (like the Vagos), however, their gang color is turquoise in the beta.
• From the start of the game up until Sweet's arrest in The Green Sabre, the Temple area is territory of the Temple Drive Families. It is only after that mission that Temple gets occupied by the Ballas, so it must have been a mistake as to why 'Temple Drive Ballas' tags are present right at the beginning.
• Spraying all the tags won't reward the player a lot of respect, despite the game telling that spraying a tag will gain CJ respect in the mission Tagging Up Turf.
• Some of the well hidden, out-of-sight locations of the gang tags make no sense from a realism point of view. Gang tags are supposed to warn rival gangs, unwitting pedestrians and cops of the gang's presence; as a means of 'marking one's territory'. They do however, make some sense as a gameplay element to denote a 'hidden' collectible and a secondary challenge.
• Tags are the only collectibles in the game that are 100 in number, whereas all other collectibles are only 50.
• Permanent textures of gang markings, usually done in black paint, can be found all over Los Santos. The player cannot manipulate these in any way.
• In the second official trailer for the game, a Kilo Tray Ballas tag is shown in a bright red colour instead of purple.

See Also[]

• Snapshots
• Horseshoes
• Oysters

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