The Contract: Payphone Hits

Payphone Hits Overview

Payphone Hits are a series of assassination missions in GTA Online that were added as part of the Contract DLC. You can complete the assassination missions in free roam by either getting a random call from Franklin Clinton or by requesting a hit by calling him yourself.

The missions, assigned by Franklin, task you with eliminating various targets across Los Santos. The hits come with optional specific execution methods to earn a profitable assassination bonus. This hub will cover how to unlock and start Payphone Hits, explain the payout structure, detail the cooldown period, showcase rewards, answer frequently asked questions, and provide links to detailed guides for each of the eight unique hit types.

The Payphone Hits are unlocked after you complete at least three security contract missions. Once you've completed three security contract missions, you need to drive around in free roam until a payphone icon flashes on your mini-map.

Go to the payphone and answer the phone to start your first payphone hit mission. The missions you get are always random.

Once you've completed your first payphone mission, you can then order a payphone hit by calling Franklin directly from your mobile phone.

All the missions can be completed solo except The Hitmen and The Dealers. The Hitmen and Dealers' missions can only be completed if you have at least one player in your organization. You can complete these missions in either public, solo, or invite-only sessions.

Each hit mission has three different variants and has a special condition. If you meet the special condition, it grants you extra cash called the assassination bonus. The assassination bonus is always revealed a few seconds after you start the mission. It will be shown as a pop-up at the top-left corner of your screen and also as a text message from Franklin.

The standard pay for completing any one of the payphone hits is $15,000, but if you complete the mission fulfilling the assassination bonus criteria, you will get an additional $70,000. Any associates with you will earn $15,000 standard plus an additional $30,000 for meeting the bonus criteria.

If you fail to meet the bonus criteria, there is a chance for you to get a three-star wanted level or multiple enemy NPCs attacking you. If you meet the criteria, you will get an option to leave the area to complete the mission.

Once you complete a Payphone Hit, there is a twenty-minute cool down before you can request another one. If you change a session in the middle of an ongoing hit (give you're a leader of the organization), you can instantly order another payphone hit by calling Franklin. You won't have to wait for twenty minutes.

Payphone Hit Mission Guides

There are eight distinct Payphone Hit missions, each with multiple assassination bonus variants. Click on a mission below for a detailed walkthrough of its variants:

• The Popstar: Eliminate a spoiled celebrity nuisance.
• The Tech Entrepreneur: Take out a drunk tech mogul.
• The Cofounder: Assassinate a target found in a motel.
• The CEO: Target a CEO at a construction site.
• The Trolls: Eliminate multiple online trolls spread across the map.
• The Judge: Deal with a corrupt judge at the golf club.
• The Hitmen: Take out a group of hitmen. Requires 2+ players.
• The Dealers: Eliminate a group of dealers simultaneously. Requires 2+ players.

We've listed down all the variants and proper steps to complete each variant for all mission types.

Rewards

Besides the decent $85,000 cash reward (with bonus) per hit, players can also earn trophies for the completion of the assassination bonuses in each mission type. Whenever a player completes an assassination bonus for a mission type for the first time, a trophy is displayed on the shelf behind the desk inside the agency office.

The following are all the trophies for each assassination bonus completion:

• The Popstar
• The Tech Entrepreneur
• The Cofounder
• The CEO
• The Trolls
• The Judge
• The Hitmen
• The Dealers