GTA 5 Random Events Guide

2 — Rogue Prisoner

Remember how we stated that sometimes ignoring the prisoner and not helping them is a good thing? Well, this is that instance. You will encounter another prisoner on the same dirt road in Grand Senora Desert, near the Bolingbroke Penitentiary, coming out of a bush and asking for a lift. As you stop the car to help him, he will hold you on gunpoint and ask you to leave your vehicle.

In order to avoid getting killed make sure you go to the marked location in a vehicle which you do not value a lot. Rig it with sticky bombs and then once the prisoner stops you, let him take the vehicle and as he drives away simply blow up the car. If you're fast enough you can just get out of the vehicle and quickly shoot him down with a rifle, or use a grenade launcher to destroy the vehicle if you do not care about it!

Racist Redneck Encounters

There are several racist rednecks in the remote areas of GTA 5 such as Grand Senora Desert, Tataviam Mountains and Raton Canyon. As you pass by some locations around these areas, you will encounter some rednecks on their dirt bikes trying to kill you. You need to kill them in order to successfully complete the random event. After you're done killing them you can collect the ammo and some cash that they drop. There are three confirmed locations of these instances occurring.

1 — Grand Senora Desert Encounter

As you go to the northern part of the Vinewood sign, in the mountains of Grand Senora Desert you will come across three rednecks on their dirt bikes trying to kill you. They will be making racists call outs. They are quite strong so make sure you have enough firepower to take them down. They do not fall off their bikes easily either.

2 — Raton Canyon Encounter

This event occurs in Raton Canyon. As you are driving on the dirt road, three rednecks on their dirt bikes and quad bike will jump you trying to kill you. Kill them all in order to complete the event successfully. But be careful when dealing with them as they also hold powerful weapons such as shotgun and they can instantly kill you as well.

3 — Tataviam Mountains Encounter

This event occurs in the Tataviam Mountains on the dirt road which is accessed right after the reservoir. As usual there will be three rednecks trying to kill you, simply kill them all to successfully complete the random event.

Shop Robberies

There are two special robbery random events which occur in GTA 5. One occurs in the Bob Mulet Barbershop while the other in a Suburban Clothing Store.

Please note that these events do not appear on the map as a blue dot indicating their trigger. It is randomly triggered once you enter the shop. You can also tell whether the event is going to occur or not by looking inside the shop from outside, you will notice the shop keeper will be on the floor held at gunpoint.

1 — Bob Mulet Barbershop Robbery

The barbershop is located in the northern part of Los Santos in the Rockford Hills District. As you enter the shop, you will notice two men will be holding the store keeper at gunpoint. One will then point the gun at you and ask you to get on your knees. While you are on your knees, the thugs will leave the shop and go to their vehicle. Quickly get out and destroy the vehicle and kill them.

You can either return the stolen cash back to the store keeper or keep it for yourself. The cash amount is $2,000.

2 — Suburban Clothing Store Robbery

This random event occurs in the Suburban Clothing Store located in Del Perro District in the western part of Los Santos. Once you enter the shop, you will see two robbers holding the cashier at gunpoint. As soon as they are done, they run out and in separate directions. Just identify the one who is holding the cash bag consisting of $2,000.

Kill him and retrieve the bag. You can either return it back to the shop or keep it for yourself. If you return it back then you will have a 25% discount at Suburban Clothing Store on your next purchase.

Mugging by Luring

There are some random events where a girl is calling you for help with something. Instead, when you follow them to help them out by being a good Samaritan, they turn on you and help other people rob you. There are two confirmed recorded instances where such mugging occurs.

1 - Alley Lure Mugging

This random event occurs next to the Ammu-Nation located in La Mesa. When you are in the vicinity, you will see a blue dot appear in the minimap with a woman calling for your help.

When you go into the alleyway beside the ammu-nation, the woman will go upstairs and as you follow her upstairs, she and her male partner will come out with their guns and hold you at gun point trying to rob you. If you don't do anything, they will rob you and run away. But if you take your gun out while you are held at gunpoint they will start shooting you. So make sure you are quick with your decision.

If you take the gun out while following the woman, they will not attack you and instead they will flee noticing the gun in your hand. After you kill them, you can pick up the ammo form them.

2 — El Burro Heights Gang Jump

As you are driving down El Burro Heights, you will notice a lady waving her hand towards you asking for help. When you follow her, she will take you to the backyard of a house where you are ambushed by some gang members. Take the gang members out and you can score some easy cash and ammo for weapons.

You can leave the woman alone (or don't) because she was simply intimidated by the gang members and was not part of the gang.

Construction Site Incident

This random event occurs at the construction site located in Little Seoul. As you get closer to the construction site, you will notice a blue dot on the map. As you walk further towards the blue dot at the construction site a cut scene starts where you will witness some heavy metal pipes fall on top of a truck at the site. As a result, the driver of the truck gets stuck inside. The driver will ask you to help him out.

As you move closer to the stuck driver after the cut scene, you will be directed to use the bulldozer to move the pipes out of the way so that the driver can get out. The easiest and quickest way to go about this is to simply use the bulldozer to push the left side of the pipes. After you push the pipes away, you better run away from the truck as fast as you can since the truck will explode. You will be rewarded with +2 driving skill points for your valiant act!

Domestic Disturbance

As you drive through Wild Oats Drive located in Vinewood Hill near Franklin's new house, you will notice a couple arguing right outside one of the houses. The girlfriend is up on the balcony throwing everything down at her boyfriend. When she is done throwing the stuff she goes back inside the house and you can hear her crying. The boyfriend's name is Castro Lagano, who is a golfer. He asks you to drop him off at the Golf Club.

As you are driving towards the Golf Club he will tell you the whole story as to why they were in an argument. it turns out he cheated. Anyway, after you drop him to the golf club you will be rewarded with $80 and Castro as your new golfing partner.

Gang Altercation at Grand Senora Desert

When you are driving near the old liquor store which is located in front of the 24/7 Supermarket in Grand Senora Desert by Alamo Sea, you will see a blue dot along with red dots appear on your minimap. As you get closer, you will see two Lost MC members holding a guy at gunpoint. Simply kill both the bikers and then follow the guy to his car. As you follow some more bikers will show up to fight you, so make sure you are prepared and ready to gun them all down.

After you are done killing them all, the guy will drive away after rewarding you with a handsome $1,000!

Eastern Motel Robbery

As you drive down the road at Harmony you will notice some cop cars in distance and a blue/red flashing dot on your minimap indicating the robbers. There are a total of two robbers who are in a gunfight with a two cops in front of Eastern Motel. You can either help the robbers eliminate the police officers OR you can kill the robbers and get the evidence that they are holding for yourself.

If you decide to kill the robbers, make sure you go behind them and then gun them down. After you kill the two robbers, you can either leave the scene or quickly get the briefcase and get away from the scene before the cops see you. If you manage to get the evidence briefcase without the cops seeing you, you will walk away with a hefty $10,000 ($5,000 per criminal) and no wanted level. However, if they see you, then you will get a 2 star wanted level.

Taliana Martinez Rescue

This event is located on Great Ocean Highway, near Mount Chiliad where the intersection is. As you approach the location, you will see a woman named Taliana Martinez badly injured and asking for your help. She was the only survivor of a robbery she and her crew carried out. She was the getaway driver but unfortunately things went bad and she crashed the car resulting in her crew member dying.

She will ask you to drop her off at her house. Make sure you drive carefully but not slow. Because if you take too long to drop her off at her house, she will die of blood loss. Upon successfully dropping her at her house, she will be added as a new heist member as a Driver for future heists.

Drug Deal Massacre

This event is located near the western side of Mount Chiliad by the Great Ocean Highway. As you approach new the area, you will see fatally wounded gang members who appear to have been involved in a heavy gunfight. You can kill them.

As you move forward down the hill, you will find another player who is fatally wounded and beside him is a briefcase which holds $25,000. You can kill the member and then take the briefcase and leave. As you leave on the highway, some gang members will follow you and try to kill you. Simply kill them all in order to successfully complete the event.

If you leave the area on foot, then the gang members will not chase you down.

Patrick "Packie" McReary

You come across Packie McReary from GTA IV in the world of GTA 5 as well. You encounter him in the very early stages of game play. You will find a random event where Packie and a friend of his are holding a drug store owner at gunpoint and are looking for a way to escape.

They have just robbed the drug store which is located at Strawberry Avenue. This is where you come in and help them by being their getaway driver. As you get a vehicle to help them out, you will then be faced with a 2 star wanted level. Evade the cops and then drop Packie and his friend to their desired destination. As you are driving Packie to his location, he will tell you about his story back in Liberty City (events from GTA IV)

After you drop them at their location, you will be able to choose as a heist crew member in your future heists. He has the highest gunman skill in the game and hence takes 12% of the heist take.

Important: Please note that in order to trigger this event you need to do the first strangers and freaks mission by Franklin, which pops up in front of his old garage house — it's the Tonya mission where you have to complete a tow truck job. After that come to the location and you should be able to trigger the mission.

Paparazzi Escape

As you drive by Vinewood Boulevard in the Downtown Vinewood area, you will come across a female celebrity who will be hiding in an alleyway trying to avoid all the paparazzi surrounding her. As you approach her she will ask you to drop her to her house and help escape the paparazzi.

You will need to drop her in her own car. Her house is located in Vinewood Hills. As you are driving her off to her house, she reveals her name to be Lacey Jonas. You will need to evade the chasing paparazzi and then take her to her house.

After you drop her she will reward you with $750.

Girl Burial

As you drive on a dirt road in the northern area of Paleto Bay, you will trigger an event where you will notice two men about to bury a lady alive. You simply need to kill both the men and then approach the lady to untie her. She will ask you to then drop her off to a certain location.

As you are driving her to her stated destination, more men will chase you and try to kill you both. Simply kill them all and the continue off to her destination. When you reach the destination, she will be picked up by her trusted driver and drive off.

After a few minutes, she will call you again and reward you with a tidy $60,000!

Rogue Altruists

This event occurs near Great Chaparral just by Baytree Canyon Road located in Grand Senora Desert. As you approach the marked location. You will notice two Altruist Cult members tying up a girl and about to assault her. You can jump in and help the girl, after which she will request you to drop her off at her house.

Once you drop her off, she will reward you with a decent $80 tip for the trouble.

Snatched

This random event occurs in the upper part of Vinewood Hills in South Mo Milton Drive. As you are driving in the area, you will notice some Lost MC members are kidnapping a girl. Once the girl is inside the van and as it is driving away, simply shoot the van in order for it to stop and then kill the rest of the members and help the girl.

She will ask you to drop her off at her beach house in Chumash. As you are driving on to the destination, some more bikers will come and try to kill you. Eliminate them all and continue towards the beach house.

Once you reach the destination, drop her off and she will reward you with nothing, unfortunately!

Sports Bike Thief

This random event occurs in North Rockford Drive in Richman. As you are driving in this area, you will see a thief speeding away on a sports bike after stealing it. You can simply go ahead and ram into him so that he falls off of the bike and is killed. Now you can either return the bike for +5 driving skill points or you can keep the Bati 801 sports bike for yourself.

Vinewood Bus Tour

Although, this is considered as a random event, it can be seen even if not in the vicinity. You can identify this event through a unique bus tour icon on the map. Check the legend on the map as well in order to identify it, it is called 'Vinewood Tours'.

This tour bus is located on Alta Street in Downtown Vinewood. You have to pay a small fee of $40 in order to attend the tour. The tour will take you through several landmarks and the guide will explain their significance one by one. You can also skip through to the next landmark and listen to the guide talking about it.

Please note that this random event only occurs during daytime and it can be repeated as many times as possible, unlike other random events which are only available once. There is no particular reward for this except a beautiful but eventually boring guide of the city.

Stag Do Running Man

This random event is located beside Zancudo River on Route 68, just further up after you pass the Ammu-Nation and a Clothing Store.

You will notice a man tied up to an electric pole without any clothes on, except his undergarments, with random markings and graffiti on his body. When you approach the man, he will ask for your help.

Untie him and then he will ask you to drop him to his wedding. But, there are a couple of locations you need to head to first. First you need to take him to his house in Rockford Hill so that he can get dressed up and pick up his car which is a White Enus Super Diamond.

Then you need to drive him to the Hookie's bar which is located near Chumash in order to pick up his best man. Then you will drive him to the wedding venue located in Paleto Bay. Please note that you need to do all this in 5 hours in-game time. This is equivalent to 10 minutes in real life.

After you drop him off to his wedding, you will be rewarded with the White Enus Super Diamond vehicle!

Weed Stash

It is located at the east of Mount Chiliad, north of Grapeseed at the end of a dirt road. At the end of the dirt road is a Weed Farm. This event is a unique event hence the reason it doesn't appear on the map as a blue dot, but as a 'Marijuana' plant icon.

When you enter the farm, the drug dealers will ask you to leave, if you resist they will start shooting at you. Kill them all and then enter the shed in order to collect the cash. This is their earnings from selling the weed. As a bonus you will also find a space ship part in the shed. This event has specific requirements which you need to meet in order for it to trigger.

The requirements are as follows:

• You can only trigger this event as the protagonist TREVOR.
• This event can only be triggered during DAYTIME.
• It is only available on TUESDAYS.
• You must enter the dirt road from the entrance area where the sign says 'Braddock Farms' in the beginning of the dirt road. If you take any shortcuts the event won't trigger.
• You can wait for a week in-game and come back next Tuesday to collect the cash again.

The collected cash varies every time. It can either be as little as $1,000 or it can go as high as $70,000. We were able to collect up to $50,000!

Simeon Yetarian Random Event

This event occurs inside of Premium Deluxe Motorsports car dealership located in Strawberry, beside the Ammu-Nation. Te event has sensitive timings and requirements for it to be triggered.

It is only a limited time event, so if you're not careful enough about the timings, you will not be able to trigger the event again. As you enter the car dealership, Simeon will see you and send some of his thugs to kill you. Simeon himself will run away. Kill the goons and collect their ammo and some cash in order to finish the random event. As the event is also a unique event, it will not appear on the mini map as a blue/red flashing dot. In order to trigger the event, you need to manually enter the dealership. However, in order to ensure that the event triggers, the following requirements must be met:

• The event can only be played by the protagonists Franklin or Michael.
• It is only available after you complete Father/Son mission.
• The mission Friend Request must be completed in order for it to trigger.
• The mission cannot be started after your first Jewel Store Heist. So the timing for this event trigger is After Friend Request mission but before Jewel Store Heist.

There are no specific rewards for the completion of this random event, however, you do walk away with some cash and ammo from killing those thugs.

Altruists Victims

If you are playing the game as Trevor and come across any one of the random events which involves dropping them off to a certain location, you can instead take them to the Altruists camp located in the Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness in return for money.

After you deliver four victims to the altruist cult members, they will kidnap you and then try to sacrifice you in a ritual as well.

After they take you inside their camp, a cut scene will appear. After the cut scene ends, kill all of the cult members for successfully completing this random event. You will also come across four briefcases spread around the camp, each containing $25,000 and totaling up to a whopping $100,000! So do not forget to grab them while you're at it because they only spawn once.

Along with the cash there is also an RPG located in the camp, which keeps re-spawning after a while from first collecting it. This is a good way of obtaining an RPG early in the game since it is not unlocked for a while.

Duel

This random event appears near the motel located by the gas station in Grand Senora Desert. As you're driving past the station you will notice a blue dot appearing on the minimap, indicating the Duke O'Death car.

You will see the car parked near a gas station. In order to start this event, enter the car and drive off. You will notice some freighter trucks block you off half way through as you drive away. Quickly get out of the car and kill both the truck drivers. And then drive off in your Duke O'Death to complete the event successfully.

Successful completion of this random event will not only reward you with Duke O'Death car but the Duke O'Death will also spawn in two locations as a reward. One will be found in El Burro Heights and the other in Grand Senora Desert.

Cheat Code for PC: DEATHCAR
Cellphone Cheat Code: 1-999-3328-4227

Note that the car will only spawn for players with the PC, Xbox One or PS4 version of the game. If you have the PS3 or Xbox 360 version of the game, the event will not trigger.

Also, this random event can only be triggered if you've completed the Pulling Favors mission.

Dodo Sea Plane

This random event occurs in the cave located in the cove, east of Ron Alternates Wind Farm. When you get closer to the area you will notice a blue dot on the minimap, along with some red ones indicating hostile men on speedboats.

Kill the men and get inside the plane and fly away. When you're flying away some more men will appear, trying to take you down. However, no need to worry yourself with them, simply keep flying away for them to disappear and the random event should be completed. You can then walk away with a Dodo Sea Plane.

After you complete this random event the dodo sea plane will start appearing in two locations as a reward. One dodo sea plane will be spawned at a lake located in Vinewood Hills and the other plane will be spawned at Galilee near Alamo Sea where Franklin's house is.

Just like the Duke O'Death you will be able to spawn the Sea Plane through a cheat code as well.

Cheat Code for PC: EXTINCT
Cellphone Cheat Code: 1-999-398-4628

This cheat code only works for the PS4, Xbox One and PC versions of the game.

This random event can only be triggered if you've completed the Nervous Ron mission first.

Monkey Mosaic

This is an interesting random event which is possible to trigger only after you've successfully collected all 50 Monkey Mosaics located throughout Los Santos.

After you've collected these Monkey Mosaics, you will also need to purchase at least two out of the three custom garages available in the game.

In this even, a space monkey street artist will appear in an alley behind Los Santos Customs located in Rockford Hills around Burton area. As you approach the area a blue dot will appear, indicating the presence of the space monkey street artist.

Make sure to find a good spot to take a picture of the street artist without being detected while he is spraying on a wall. If you are detected, then the street artist will run away and you won't be able to complete this random event.

A good location to take the picture is from the parking garage just north of the spot where the street artist is spraying. Just take the picture and save it in order to complete the random event.

After you've completed this event, a few moments later, you will receive a message from Space Monkey rewarding you with a Go Go Monkey Blista in one of your garages.

Note that the car will only spawn for players having the Xbox One, PC or PS4 versions of the game. If you have an old version of the game, the event will not trigger.

Please also make sure you've collected all the 50 Monkey Mosaic for this event to occur. Also, if you buy all three custom garages, then the chances of this event happening increase.