As part of the 2026 Halloween Update for GTA Online, Rockstar Games has once again added 10 ghosts that appear across Blaine County and Los Santos at specific times during the night. Players can use their in-game phone camera to photograph each spirit and earn cash and RP for every successful capture.

Just like last year's event, the tenth and final ghost only appears once you have photographed all nine previous ghosts. Capturing all ten rewards you with the new Ghosts Exposed Tactical Jacket as a special collectible item.

The ghosts start appearing from 20:00 (8 PM) in-game time, with each one visible for exactly one hour. For example, the first ghost spawns from 8 PM to 9 PM. Each ghost also has two different spawn points close to one another within the same area, so make sure to check both spots if you don't see it right away.

Each captured ghost rewards players with $20,000 and 500 RP, and collecting all ten provides an extra $50,000, totaling $250,000 and 5,000 RP overall.

You can start hunting as soon as you receive this message from Ghosts Exposed. Just stay in free roam and you'll eventually get the text.

This year's hunt is designed in a fairly tedious way. The ghosts alternate between Blaine County and Los Santos, so chasing them in strict order means driving up and down the map and often arriving after the ghost has already disappeared. We recommend doing the hunt in parts. Stick to the northern half of the map and grab all the ghosts up there first, then do the city ones on a separate run. This gives you an extra in-game hour to reach each ghost and makes the whole thing far less stressful.

Video Guide

Full Ghosts Locations Map

The map below shows every ghost location, numbered in the order they spawn through the night.

The map shows all 10 ghost locations and the order they spawn in.

Ghost 1 (8 PM to 9 PM)

Inside the old house. It can appear either in the attic (visible from the front of the house) or inside the shed addition at the back.

Ghost 2 (9 PM to 10 PM)

Underneath the overpass, in the homeless encampment. It can appear either by the makeshift tarp shelter with the old sofa, tucked into the alcove in the wall, or in the far corner among the rubble in front of the graffiti-covered wall.

Ghost 3 (10 PM to 11 PM)

In the open wooden barn on the west side of Grapeseed. The ghost appears in the hayloft, either on the left or right side when viewed from the front entrance (the side with the tractor and hose reel).

Ghost 4 (11 PM to 12 AM)

At the top of the bridge pylon on Exceptionalists Way, near the airport entrance. The ghost appears at either end of the top platform, beside the A-frame: one end faces the downtown skyline, the other faces the airport. You'll need a helicopter or other flying vehicle to get up there.

Ghost 5 (1 AM to 2 AM)

At El Gordo Lighthouse. The ghost appears either on the base platform at the foot of the lighthouse, by the railing near the door, or up in the lantern room at the very top.

Ghost 6 (2 AM to 3 AM)

Along the railway tracks between the warehouses in Cypress Flats. The ghost appears either hanging from the hook of the gantry crane over the tracks, or on the elevated platform by the upper door of the building with "RAVEN" painted on it (the one with the orange ladder).

Ghost 7 (3 AM to 4 AM)

At the run down house by the Zancudo River. The ghost appears either in the window of the wooden shed addition on the side of the house, or on top of the porch roof at the front, on the left side.

Ghost 8 (4 AM to 5 AM)

At the top of the church bell tower in Little Seoul. The ghost appears inside the belfry, standing in one of the arched openings on either of two sides of the tower. You'll want a flying vehicle to get a clear shot.

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Ghost 9 (5 AM to 6 AM)

At the waterfall in Tongva Hills. The ghost appears either on a rocky ledge to the left of the falls (best seen from the pool at the bottom), or at the top of the waterfall, on the grassy bank right next to the stream.

Ghost 10 (12 AM to 1 AM)

The final ghost is Devin Weston, the antagonist from GTA V's story mode. He only appears once you've photographed all nine previous ghosts, and only between 12 AM and 1 AM.

You'll find him at Paleto Cove, the cliff where he was pushed into the ocean in the trunk of his car. Head to the tip of the rocky outcrop and look out over the water. He'll be floating just off the edge.

Reward

  • Each Ghost Captured: $20,000 and 500 RP

  • All Ten Captured: Additional $50,000 (Total $250,000 and 5,000 RP)

  • Exclusive Unlock: Ghosts Exposed Tactical Jacket

Ghosts Exposed Jacket can be found under the Tactical Jackets category.