These Saints Row (2022) tips will mainly focus on some basic things that we suggest you do when you actually start exploring Santo Ileso. They’re not meant to help you when you’re 20 hours deep, instead helping new players and even veterans deal with some of the new systems on the reboot. Check out our tips below to help you as you start your time in Santo Ileso.
Saints Row Tips
Here are our five Saints Row (2022) tips for you before you start owning every region in Santo Ileso:
Focus on the main story for the first five hours
Our first main tip is to play the story missions and pretty much only the story missions for the first five hours or so. Very little else in the game is initially lucrative, and these quests offer the most XP and money, so there’s not much reason to tackle Side Hustles or challenges in the first place. Focusing on story missions will put you in a good position to tackle some of the side objectives and missions once you beat the Take Me To Church mission.
Buy some of the best weapons
If you haven’t already, head over to our best weapons guide and some of the more powerful, handy weapons like the rifle or SMG. You actually unlock some of these weapons pretty early on, so there’s no reason not to grab them as soon as you can. Many of them are also quite cheap, which means you won’t have to save money.
Completed criminal enterprises
Criminal enterprises may seem like something you can just set and forget. But, you shouldn’t do that. They offer pretty big payouts for completing them when it comes to XP and money. Some of the shortest quest chains for these ventures include those for Shady Oaks, Chalupacabra, Eurekabator! and the Laundromat. JR’s garage is longer, but it’s pretty easy, so definitely fill that one in as well.
End the threats
As you place criminal enterprises, you’ll uncover threats in each area. These are small and simple combat encounters scattered around the map. Be sure to complete them as soon as you receive them, as doing so will reward you with an increase in business income that works hand-in-hand with the next tip below.
Leave your game to collect business income
If you haven’t seen our guide on how to get venture income fast, this tip is for you. If you don’t already know, your business and criminal empire will slowly add cash to your app on your phone. To earn easy money, just let your game activate when you have to come of age and let the cash accumulate in your bank account over time. You’ll need to be in-game, not in a menu, so just go to Saints HQ and check back every 30 minutes or hour to transfer that money to your personal account. Make sure your console settings don’t disable your controller after a certain amount of time, as if the controller is disabled it will crash the game! That covers all of our top Saints Row tips to keep in mind as you get into the game. If you want more guides and help, check out our Saints Row walkthrough for more help as you play.
