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Activities and diversions

The wiki lists nine activity types and 56 instances. Fifty-four of those are nine types times six, and Guardian Angel has only two. Fourteen instances are mandatory. Easy pays $2,000 and 200 Respect, medium $4,000 and 400, hard $6,000 and 600. Repeats pay cash only.

Second Steam store screenshot from the 2011 Saints Row: The Third page
Steam store screenshot from the 2011 Saints Row: The Third page

Which ones have their own page

Insurance Fraud and Assassination have enough specific questions to justify a page. Escort, Heli Assault, Mayhem, Tank Mayhem, Trafficking, Snatch, Guardian Angel, Professor Genki, Trail Blazing, Survival, and Barnstorming stay in the table. I am not cloning a template page for each of them.

Survival and Barnstorming show up in search tails. Their rules are the same payout ladder as the rest unless the table row says otherwise. I do not have a separate survival map with coordinates I can cite.

NameRecordStatus
Insurance Fraud
  • type: Activity
  • locations: Downtown, Carver Island
  • unlock: Available from start; compulsory instance in Angel arc
  • levels: Easy/Medium/Hard: $80k/$200k/$450k (Downtown); $70k/$200k/$450k (Carver Island)
  • reward: Cash + Respect; Ouch. achievement for all instances
  • achievement: Ouch.
  • tips: Long combos beat many short ones; avoid intersections; use Adrenaline

Obtain: Start at activity marker or phone

Use: Throw yourself into traffic to earn cash

1 source
Evidence
Assassination
  • type: Diversion
  • locations: Saintsbook targets across Steelport
  • unlock: Available from start; tiers unlock as targets die
  • levels: 36 targets, levels 1-5
  • reward: Cash + Respect per target; Everything is Permitted for all 36
  • achievement: Everything is Permitted
  • tips: Only 4 targets available at a time; decoys have less health; rival hitmen can steal the kill

Obtain: Check Saintsbook

Use: Take out targets via Saintsbook

1 source
Evidence
Escort
  • type: Activity
  • locations: New Colvin, Carver Island
  • levels: 6 instances
  • reward: Cash + Respect
  • tips: Avoid paparazzi; tiger variant attacks the driver
1 source
Evidence
Heli Assault
  • type: Activity
  • locations: Downtown, Stanfield
  • levels: 6 instances
  • reward: Cash + Respect
  • tips: Protect the homie on the ground
1 source
Evidence
Mayhem
  • type: Activity
  • locations: Stanfield, Carver Island
  • levels: 6 instances
  • reward: Cash + Respect
  • tips: Destroy property fast; tanks help
1 source
Evidence
Tank Mayhem
  • type: Activity
  • levels: 6 instances
  • reward: Cash + Respect
  • achievement: Tank You Very Much
  • tips: Use the Challenger
1 source
Evidence
Trafficking
  • type: Activity
  • locations: Downtown, New Colvin
  • levels: 6 instances
  • reward: Cash + Respect
  • tips: Protect the dealer
1 source
Evidence
Snatch
  • type: Activity
  • locations: New Colvin, Stanfield
  • levels: 6 instances
  • reward: Cash + Respect
  • achievement: Double Dose of Pimping
  • tips: Recruit hos and return them
1 source
Evidence
Guardian Angel
  • type: Activity
  • locations: Stanfield, Downtown
  • levels: 2 instances (both compulsory)
  • reward: Cash + Respect
  • achievement: Go Into the Light
  • tips: Use Annihilator RPG and McManus 2015
1 source
Evidence
Professor Genki's Super Ethical Reality Climax
  • type: Activity
  • locations: Carver Island, Downtown
  • levels: 6 instances
  • reward: Cash + Respect
  • achievement: Have A Reality Climax
  • tips: Kill mascots, avoid traps, shoot bonus targets
1 source
Evidence
Trail Blazing
  • type: Activity
  • levels: 6 instances
  • reward: Cash + Respect
  • achievement: Porkchop Sandwiches
  • tips: Burn time by damaging things
1 source
Evidence
Survival
  • type: Diversion
  • reward: Cash + Respect
  • tips: Wave defense
1 source
Evidence
Barnstorming
  • type: Diversion
  • reward: Respect
  • tips: Fly through rings
1 source
Evidence

FAQ

How many activities are there?

Nine types, 56 instances, with Guardian Angel as the short set of two.

Do repeats give Respect?

No. Repeats pay cash. The first clear pays the Respect amount for that difficulty.

Sources

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