If you specifically want help making money, check out this guide for all our tips, or this one for our top 3 best ways to make as much money as possible in GTA Online.
This is page 5 of our hints and tips for Grand Theft Auto Online. If you have any hints or tips of your own, feel free to send them in!
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Mission Unlock Levels/Ranks
Lamar Davis Missions
| Mission | Unlock Level / Rank | Max RP | Max $GTA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mall Or Nothing | - | 1,300 | - |
| Hold Up | - | - | - |
| Ballas to the Wall | 5 | 1,200 | $18,300 |
| Community Outreach | 5 | - | - |
| Slow and Low | 5 | - | - |
| It's a G Thing | 5 | - | - |
| Funeral Party | 5 | - | - |
| Lowrider Envy | 5 | - | - |
| Point and Shoot | 5 | - | - |
| Desperate Times Call For... | 5 | - | - |
| Peace Offerings | 5 | - | - |
| San Andreas Seoul | 16 | 1,200 | $18,960 |
| Ticket to Elysium | 18 | 1,810 | $19,080 |
| Going Down the GOH | 20 | 1,340 | $19,200 |
| Caught Napping | 20 | 1,450 | $19,200 |
| Lost MC RIP | 25 | 1,565 | $19,500 |
| No Smoking | 30 | 1,690 | $19,800 |
Gerald Missions
| Mission | Unlock Level / Rank | Max RP | Max $GTA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learning The Ropes Alone | - | 1,300 | - |
| Learning The Ropes | - | 1,550 | - |
| Pier Pressure | 6 | 1,000 | $18,360 |
| Death Metal | 6 | 1,320 | $18,360 |
| Deal Breaker | 6 | 1,340 | $18,360 |
| Flood in the LS River | 6 | 1,400 | $18,360 |
| Meth'd Up | 7 | 1,100 | $18,420 |
| No Hay Bronca | 8 | 1,320 | $18,480 |
| Hit 'Em Up | 10 | 2,180 | $18,840 |
| Gassed Up | 12 | 1,310 | $18,720 |
| Violent Duct | 15 | 1,180 | $18,900 |
| Hard Labor | 19 | 2,250 | $19,140 |
| War and Pieces | 30 | 2,160 | $19,800 |
| Chumash and Grab | 35 | 1,900 | $20,100 |
| Dish the Dirt | 45 | 2,510 | $20,700 |
Simeon Missions
| Mission | Unlock Level / Rank | Max RP | Max $GTA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repo - Blow Up IV | 1 | 4,810 | $23,100 |
| Repo - Burn Rate | 1 | 4,810 | $23,100 |
| Repo - Do You Even Lift? | 1 | 4,810 | $23,100 |
| Repo - GTA Today II | 1 | 4,810 | $23,100 |
| Repo - RV Nearly There? | 1 | 4,810 | $23,100 |
| Repo - Sasquashed | 1 | 4,810 | $23,100 |
| Repo - Simeonomics | 1 | 4,810 | $23,100 |
| Repo - Under the Hammer | 1 | 4,810 | $23,100 |
| Where Credit's Due | 5 | 1,050 | $18,300 |
| Rockford Roll | 5 | 1,060 | $18,300 |
| Rich Men in Richman | 5 | 1,100 | $18,300 |
| Chasers | 5 | 1250 | $18300 |
| It Takes a Thief | 5 | 1,520 | $18,300 |
| Gentry Does It | 10 | 1,100 | $18,600 |
| All in the Game | 10 | 1,120 | $18,600 |
| El Burro Heists | 10 | 1,170 | $18,600 |
| Blow Up | 12 | 1,750 | $18,720 |
| GTA Today | 12 | 1,800 | $18,720 |
| Chasers II | 16 | 1,060 | $18,960 |
| Blow Up II | 20 | 1,260 | $19,200 |
| Blow Up III | 31 | 1,280 | $19,860 |
Ron Jakowski Missions
| Mission | Unlock Level / Rank | Max RP | Max $GTA |
|---|---|---|---|
| TP Industries | 13 | - | - |
| Romance Isn't Dead | 13 | 1,150 | $18,780 |
| Fueling the Flames | 20 | 1,270 | $19,200 |
| Turbine Carbine | 25 | 1,560 | $19,500 |
| Daemon Run | 25 | 1,690 | $19,500 |
| Base Invaders | 27 | 1,460 | $19,620 |
| Crank Up the Volume | 30 | 1,200 | $19,800 |
| Landing Gear | 55 | 2,800 | $21,300 |
| Wet Workers | 55 | 3,650 | $21,300 |
Trevor Philips Missions
| Mission | Unlock Level / Rank | Max RP | Max $GTA |
|---|---|---|---|
| TP Industries | 13 | - | - |
| Lost My Mind | 20 | 1,650 | $19,200 |
| Crystal Clear Out | 28 | 1,820 | $19,680 |
| Chop Chop | 43 | 3,915 | $1,5850 |
| Out of Harmony | 50 | 2,650 | $21,000 |
| Satellite Communications | 60 | 4,900 | $21,600 |
| Method in the Madness | 65 | 4,670 | $21,900 |
| Chopper Tail | 70 | 3,450 | $2,2200 |
| Diamonds are for Trevor | 70 | 3,490 | $22,200 |
Lester Missions
| Mission | Unlock Level / Rank | Max RP | Max $GTA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denial of Service | 14 | 1,800 | $18,840 |
| Master Data | 16 | 1,800 | $18,960 |
| Cops Capacity | 19 | 2,160 | $19,140 |
| Crime Scenester | 20 | 1,950 | $19,200 |
| Landing Strip | 22 | 1,375 | $19,320 |
| A Titan of a Job | 24 | 1,200 | $19,440 |
| Last Chopper Outta LS | 25 | 1,385 | $19,500 |
| High Priority Case | 25 | 1,650 | $19,500 |
| Quarry Quarry | 30 | 1,920 | $19,800 |
| By Land, Sea and Air | 30 | 1,930 | $19,800 |
| Teaser Trailer | 40 | 2,510 | $20,400 |
| Four Trailers | 45 | 4,120 | $20,700 |
| Bust Out | 55 | 1,815 | $21,300 |
| Sinking Feeling | 55 | 3,000 | $21,300 |
| The Parking Garage | 55 | 3,725 | $21,300 |
| Hack and Dash | 60 | 1,520 | $21,600 |
| American Exports | 65 | 3,150 | $21,900 |
| On Maneuvers | 65 | 2,550 | $21,900 |
| Docks to Stock | 70 | 3,300 | $22,200 |
| Stocks and Scares | 70 | 4,050 | $22,200 |
Martin Madrazo Missions
| Mission | Unlock Level / Rank | Max RP | Max $GTA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dispatch I | 1 | - | - |
| Dispatch II | 1 | - | - |
| Dispatch III | 1 | - | - |
| Dispatch IV | 1 | - | - |
| Dispatch V | 1 | - | - |
| Dispatch VI | 1 | - | - |
| On the List | 18 | 2,180 | $19,080 |
| Artificial Scarcity | 19 | 2,310 | $19,140 |
| Handle with Care | 20 | 1,950 | $19,200 |
| Time To Get Away | 20 | 1,700 | $19,200 |
| Out of Court Settlement | 22 | 1,160 | $19,320 |
| Death From Above | 23 | 1,500 | $19,440 |
| Check Out Time | 35 | 1,110 | $20,100 |
| Water the Vineyard | 40 | 1,370 | $20,400 |
| Grab Your Ballas | 40 | 2,530 | $20,400 |
| Stick Up the Stickup Crew | 40 | 3,750 | $20,400 |
| The Los Santos Connection | 40 | 3,900 | $20,400 |
| Effin' Lazers | 44 | - | $20,640 |
| Editor and Thief | 45 | 1,130 | $20,700 |
| Mixed Up With Coke | 45 | 2,575 | $20,700 |
| Dry Docking | 45 | 2,750 | $20,700 |
| Cleaning the Cat House | 45 | 4,090 | $20,700 |
| Extradition | 50 | 2,350 | $21,000 |
| Holed Up - Burton | 50 | 2,720 | $21,000 |
| Show Me the Monet | 55 | 2,070 | $21,300 |
| Judging the Jury | 65 | 3,560 | $21,900 |
| Defender | 70 | 3,600 | $22,200 |
| Rooftop Rumble | 75 | 3,500 | $22,500 |
| Trash Talk | 81 | 3,880 | $22,860 |
Diamond Casino & Resort Missions
| Mission | Unlock Level / Rank | Max RP | Max $GTA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casino - Loose Cheng | 1 | - | $17,800 |
| Casino - House Keeping | 1 | - | - |
| Casino - Strong Arm Tactics | 1 | - | - |
| Casino - Play to Win | 1 | - | - |
| Casino - Bad Beat | 1 | - | - |
| Casino - Cashing Out | 1 | - | - |
Freemode Co-Op Missions
| Mission | Unlock Level / Rank | Times Available | Max RP | Max $GTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Clear Out II | 16 | 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM | - | $18,960 |
| Factory Closure | 18 | 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 750 | $19,080 |
| Dirt Road | 19 | 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 900 | $19,140 |
| Truck Together | 23 | - | 750 | $19,440 |
| Coasting | 25 | 12:00 AM - 8:00 AM | 1,075 | $19,500 |
| Potshot | 25 | 4:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1,250 | $19,500 |
| Close Action | 35 | 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1,625 | $20,100 |
| Coveted | 36 | 12:00 AM - 8:00 AM | 1,750 | $20,160 |
| Crystal Clear Out III | 40 | 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM | 1,800 | $20,400 |
Molotov Cocktails
Molotov Cocktails cannot be purchased from any of the Ammu-nation Stores in Grand Theft Auto V, but they are in both GTA Online and the story mode part of the game.
In GTA Online you can get them by either purchasing a supply box from Merryweather. You'll get three cocktails in the box.
In GTA V single player you can find Molotov Cocktails in at least two places. The first is shown in the location below.
The second spot is under the bridge on the northwest side.
Alternatively, you can also check out the video below to view all of the Molotov Cocktail locations that way:
Most Popular High-end Apartments
Thanks to jfjjfjff of Reddit we have the survey responses below which indicate what high-end apartments are the most popular to purchase in the game. This means if you are about to purchase a high-end apartment you should have a good idea of which is actually the best one.
The most popular is Eclipse Towers, Apartment #31, followed by 3 Alta St, Apartment #57 and Del Perro Heights, Apartment #20.
Must Have Vehicle: Police Riot/SWAT Van
You should use this store any vehicle in your garage glitch to get the Police Riot/SWAT Van. Why? Because it kicks butt. Just look at these perks:
- It can take up to nine sticky bombs to the chassis, two to the engine and five underneath before it will blow.
- It has bullet-proof windows that you can still shoot out of.
- It fits up to eight people (half an entire server).
- It's free to insure.
- Your crew members can easily hang off the side of it.
- It can destroy other vehicles if you ram them correctly.
No Insurance Excess for Blowing Up Bounty’s Vehicle
When you blow up the personal vehicle of someone who has a bounty on their head you will not get charged for their insurance excess. You will still get a bad sport warning though!
NPC Placed Bounties
If you steal a car from a NPC note that they can and will sometimes put a bounty on your head too. It's not just other human players that can do it!
Passenger Set GPS
If you have another player in your car as the passenger and they set a point on their GPS it will automatically be shown on your GPS map too.
Passive Mode
Passive mode is entered by going to the pause menu, then Online --> Options --> Passive Mode. While you can't be killed by getting shot by another person on foot, meleed, or robbed during passive mode, you can get run over by someone else with a car and also shot by someone from a car. So be careful where you choose to activate it. Also, you can not deal damage to others in these same ways.
Personal Vehicle
If you want to change your "personal vehicle" you need to acquire/steal the one you want (not a premium one though) and take it to Los Santos Customs. Then go to "Loss/Theft Prevention" and buy the tracker for $2K. This will make it your default vehicle.
Personal Vehicle Recovery
One of the benefits of having a personal vehicle is that you can get it back really quickly.
If you're in free roam and it's a long way away then go to your phone and accept a job (or so a quick one) and your vehicle will be transported to you. You don't even need to finish (or even start the job) and can just cancel it. X on the Xbox 360 or Square on the PS3 is how you cancel jobs from the job selection screen on the cell phone.
Popular Vehicle Color Combinations
If you're looking for some ideas as to how to respray your vehicles then look no further than the imgur gallery linked below as well as the color combos that follow!
- Gasoline Green + Yellow
- Schafter Purple + Lime Green
- Sea Green + Hot Pink
- Lava Red + Lime Green
- Red + Ice White
- Black + Race Yellow
- Shadow Silver + Orange
- Anthracite Black + Ice White
- Galaxy Blue + Hot Pink
- Stone Grey + Lava Red
- Carbon Black + Salmon Pink
- Schaffter Purple + Salmon Pink
- Feltzer Brown + Race Yellow
- Sunset Red + Bright Orange
- Surf Blue + Dew Yellow
Property Location, Type, Price and Garage Size Guide
Once you've built up a bit of cash in GTA Online (LINK TO HINTS) you'll probably want to spend it on property. Luckily we have a nice spreadsheet embedded below (click for the full sized version) that will show you all the property you can purchase in GTA Online along with the type, location, region, price and garage size of each. Very handy!
Thanks pvt13krebs
Quick Action Button - Full Usage
When you have assigned an action like eating a snack to the quick action button (which can be activated by pressing in both sticks (ie L3 and R3/Caps Lock) then make sure you are fully pressing and holding the two sticks in so that your character completely consumes the snack/bottle/whatever she or he is eating or drinking. This will ensure you get the full benefit of its effects.
Quick GPS
If there are some blue moving objects on your minimap that aren't being auto-tracked by the GPS, you can switch to Quick GPS and they'll appear.
Quick Menu
The Quick Menu in GTA Online is very important. Access it by holding "Select" or "Back". It is where you can change clothes and accessories, start a race, change your vehicle settings (like deciding who can enter and who can't) and also enter passive mode.
Quick Replay Vote
If you press RT (Xbox 360) or R2 (PS3) or Page Up (PC) after everyone has liked (or not) the previously played mission you can vote to replay it. This works even if the option to replay the mission is not displayed on the screen.
Racing Hint
You'll need to have access to multi-car garages in order to do this, but it's really useful.
What you need to do is try to obtain and then mod at least one type of each vehicle that there is.
This way whenever you go to race with others, you can have a custom modded car no matter the vehicle class chosen.
Radio Stations on Spotify
Reddit user no1dead was kidn enough to create Spotify playlists for all the radio stations in GTAV! Simply click the link below to be taken to the relevant playlist in your Spotify app.
- Space 103.2
- Blue Ark FM
- Worldwide FM
- FlyLo FM
- The Lowdown FM
- Radio Mirror Park
- Los Santos Rock Radio
- Non Stop Pop FM
- Vinewood Boulevard Radio
- Radio Los Santos
- Channel X
- Rebel Radio
- Soulwax FM
- East Los FM 106.2
- West Coast Classics
Rappel Down from Helicopter
If you stop the pilot of a Merryweather Helicopter (you need to be level 10 to unlock the chopper pickup) at a low altitude then a prompt should show up. You can dictate where it stop by setting a waypoint while you're in the chopper.
Then hold X on the Xbox 360 (Square on the PS3/Space on PC) and you'll be able to rappel from the copter.
Rat Loader Spawn Location
The Rat Loader might look cool, but it's an absolute dog to try and drive. Anyway, it's still good for cruising around in and if you want to find it in GTA Online then check this video for the spawn location.
Rearrange the Vehicles in Your Garage
Follow these steps to rearrange the vehicles in your garage without losing them!
- Go to the end of your garage to the blue marker.
- Select the Rearrange option.
- Rearrange vehicles as you see fit.
Recent Activity List
Head to the in-game menu and from there select "Info" where you'll be able to track all your recent activity, including who you've played with. This can be an excellent way to recall who shot/robbed/punked you in-game. Use it to track them down and exact your revenge!
Remove Wanted Level
To get rid of your Wanted Level simply drive into an auto-shop!!
Replacing Vehicles with Modded Ones
If you're going to replace a vehicle in your garage then make sure you carry out the replacement first and only after it's been saved in your garage take it out and mod it. Otherwise if you mod it first and then use it to replace the old car you can lose the mods!
Replaying Missions
There are three ways to replay missions:
You can either select to replay it from the mission selection screen after a mission ends.
If you've already gone back into free roam you need to call Gerald and ask him for a job. Do the job he gives you and then choose your mission on the selection screen.
Ask/wait for another player to give you an invite to do the mission.
