Why aren't any main story missions showing up anymore?
Robert King
Published May 06, 2026
After doing the "Surveying the score" mission on GTA5 it appears that I cannot progress any farther into the story. No markers for main missions are on the map for any character, but I still have access to things like Strangers and Freaks, street races and such.
EDITSo it has been a long time since this happened and I still am not sure if this got some kinda fix or not? I tried playing GTA5 again after not playing it for a very long time because this glitch annoyed me so much, downloaded three patches, and have noticed nothing. Should I just give up on this save file at this point?
24 Answers
You need to complete 3 missions of Strangers in order to unlock the next main mission. The next mission is called Stingers.
If you have done more than three then you are experiencing a bug that other people are experiencing.
3Could you delete the game data (not saves) and re install?
I would say this should be a last resort, but I believe it should fix it if there are no other possible fixes.
Some missions are activated by phone. try checking you contacts on all characters. if it didn't work you might want to try saving your game into another slot using "quick save" and reloading new save. Alternatively, in some cases, taking a cab ride, and then choosing the “skip” option, which forces a load screen has been known to resolve some progression blocks.
also Rockstargames support said that taking a cab ride, and then "skipping" which forces a load screen and fix bug.
otherwise it means that your game file is corrupted. it might happen because of rare occasions when applying a Title Update. and if you think that Title Update might be a reason you should Reload saved file before Update.
Sometimes you need to complete flight school or schooting range before you can do a mission.
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