“By the Book” Gold Medal Objectives
Don’t Stop Me Now | Finish mission without Mr.K’s heart stopping |
Electrocutioner | Use jump lead clamps successfully on Mr.K |
The Tooth Hurts | Use plier successfully on Mr.K |
Wrenched | Use wrench successfully on Mr.K |
It’s Legal! | Use waterboarding technique successfully on Mr.K |
Completion | Gold 100% |

GTA 5 Mission 23 – “By the Book” – starts after you have completed “Three’s Company”, the mission where you control all three characters at the same time. To start “By the Book”, answer the phone call from Steve Haines while playing with Trevor or Michael.
He tells you that you have to go. During the mission you will switch between Trevor and Michael many times. Trevor will stay inside the warehouse, and Michael will do what he is told.
Go to the warehouse

The warehouse is in Banning, Southeast of Maze Bank arena. Trevor will stay inside the warehouse torturing poor Mr.K until the very end of the mission.
Torture Mr.K
There are four devices you can use in order to extract information from Mr.K. Using all four of them counts for the completion of four tasks; one device for each task. The fifth task
”Don’t Stop Me Now” requires you not to cause Mr.K’s heart to stop during the interrogation.

Obtain
”Electrocutioner” to use jump lead clamps. Pay attention to Mr.K’s heartbeat, because this method can easily get out of hand.

Obtain
”The Tooth Hurts” by using a pliers to pull out poor Mr. K’s teeth. With this device you have to quickly rotate the button to get a grip of the tooth.

Obtain
”Wrenched” by using the wrench. This is a rather easy torturing method since Trevor extracts information after only one wrench swing.

Obtain
”It’s Legal!” by using the waterboarding technique. Immobilize Mr.K on his back in a chair and cover his face with a piece of cloth. Pour down the water from a gas can over Mr.K’s face. Keep in mind that while using this technique you should release the button on the can from time to time. Do not pour water constantly.
Drive to the locations Haines sent you to
There are two locations where Haines sends Michael. The first is a wrong one, it is Southwest of Michael’s house in Rockford Hills. The second and the correct one is at Chumash, The Western Highway.
Assassinate the target

At this position Michael will aim at Tahir Kerimov, middle aged man, left-handed, with a bushy beard, smoking lots of cigarettes. You can easily recognize him in his red shirt. He is by himself, leaning over the fence on the second floor.
Go to the airport

Trevor obeys nobody. He does not listen to what Steve Haines tells him to do. The end of the mission.