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key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-taxi-missions
type: mechanic
id: game-mechanics--gm-taxi-missions
lang: en
title: Taxi missions
summary: The player transports passengers to requested destinations for rewards.
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
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  - Game design techniques
  - Economics
  - Vehicles
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    title: 'Game Mechanics: Taxi missions'
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    title: 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005)'
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  - id: source-cdfa348c76d12384
    title: 'Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020)'
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attributes:
  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Taxi missions
    description: The player transports passengers to requested destinations for rewards.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/world-taxi-missions.webp
      width: 458
      height: 262
      game: 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'
      sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/taxi-missions'
      originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/gta_sa_taxi.webm'
      sourceFrameSeconds: 20.39
      credit: Rockstar North / Rockstar Games; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org
      rights: >-
        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host:
        GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights
        reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: 'A passenger exits after delivery, with the reward displayed'
      alt: >-
        Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: A passenger exits after delivery, with
        the reward displayed.
      markers:
        - x: 50
          'y': 24
          label: Reward for delivery and speed
        - x: 42
          'y': 75
          label: Passenger leaving the taxi
    tips:
      - 'Show destination, time and reward calculation without extra dialogs.'
    examples:
      - title: 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'
        url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/taxi-missions'
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  Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages
  checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by
  gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference
  URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film
  analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are
  upstream attributions, not independent verification.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
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---
# Taxi missions

id: game-mechanics--gm-taxi-missions
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-taxi-missions
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-taxi-missions/

The player transports passengers to requested destinations for rewards.

## At a glance

![Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: A passenger exits after delivery, with the reward displayed.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/world-taxi-missions.webp)

[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/taxi-missions) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

[Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/gta_sa_taxi.webm), 20.39 s

1. Reward for delivery and speed
2. Passenger leaving the taxi

- Show destination, time and reward calculation without extra dialogs.

- [Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/taxi-missions)

## How it works

The player transports passengers to requested destinations for rewards.

## Variants

### How the technique works

<a id="gm-taxi-missions-rule"></a>

- The player transports passengers to requested destinations for rewards. <a id="gm-taxi-missions-definition"></a>

## Context and limits

All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification.

- [Game Mechanics: Taxi missions](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/taxi-missions) (id: source-e4f97a31aa4a3847)
- [Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/taxi-missions/game/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas) (id: source-cc08fbe04b77bc59)
- [Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/taxi-missions/game/mafia-definitive-edition) (id: source-cdfa348c76d12384)

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