Here's our detailed walkthrough for the finale of The McTony Robbery in GTA Online'sThe Chop Shop DLC. After completing all planning work, it's time to use Tony's submersible to infiltrate his submarine, locate his head of security for control codes, and make off with the valuable Fathom FR36.
Once you've completed all the mandatory preparatory missions, you can start The McTony Robbery from the planning screen of your Salvage Yard.
First, you must go to Paleto Cove to get inside the submersible.
The submersible at the Paleto Cove.
Once inside the submersible, take it towards the sea (as marked on your map). It is best to keep your submersible up as driving towards the sea (and eventually the submarine), as driving it underwater is extremely slow.
You can go underwater when you reach the submarine.
When you get near the submarine, descend underwater. If you're having trouble going underwater, release the 'forward' button and only press the 'descend' button.
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We had to learn this the hard way, where our submersible kept resurfacing.
Go under the submarine, and you will get a prompt to board Tony's submarine via the moon pool.
Interact with it to enter the submarine.
When you're inside, get your weapon out and take out the guards that you see ahead of you. One of the bonus challenges is to get over 15 headshots.
So, ensure you eliminate the enemies by shooting them in the head.
After taking out the guards, go down a set of stairs just after them and use the cutting torch to open the sealed door to the engine room.
Stairs going down.
Opening the sealed door to the engine room with the navigation systems.
When you get inside the engine room, you will find three guards. One will be to your immediate left above you on the platform. Two more guards will be deeper into the room at the end.
Guard to your left.
One of the other two guards.
Once you've taken the guards out, you need to destroy the navigation systems inside this engine room. There are four navigation systems.
Destroying the navigation system deeper into the engine room.
It is best to start with the one which is deeper into this room. This is because as soon as you destroy the last one, you must quickly find Tony's head of security. One bonus challenge is finding the head of security within one minute.
The navigation system by the entrance of the engine room. Best to leave this one for last.
Once you've destroyed the final navigation system, backtrack to where you originally came from and go to the opposite end as quickly as possible.
Stairs on the opposite side from where the guards were.
Opening the sealed door.
The timer to find the head of security starts as soon as you see the prompt at the bottom of your screen. Getting to the sealed door on the opposite side of the room before the prompt helps us shave some time off.
There are three locations where the head of security can spawn, and where he spawns is always random. Jamar will also send you a picture of what the head of security looks like.
Since you have limited time to check all three locations, you can follow our optimized path to cover all three in one go while also moving towards the follow-up objective of this robbery.
Head of Security Location 1
When you go through the sealed door, you will find two guards to your right — one on the upper floor at the end of the stairs and the other at the bottom, just on the left side of the stairs.
Take them both out.
Stay on this level and continue moving forward while clearing the enemies.
One of the guards on your right as you move forward.
At the end, you will reach a dead end, which is a jail cell room. The head of security can spawn inside this jail cell room.
And luckily for us, he did spawn for us inside the jail cell room.
Once you've found the head of security, ensure that you get close enough for him to be registered as "located," or else the timer for the bonus challenge will continue to run.
You'll know the timer has been stopped once the prompt to "Locate Tony's head of security" changes to "Eliminate Tony's head of security."
He has a lot of health, so use a shotgun or explosives to take him out.
Once you've taken him out, search his body for the control codes and continue moving forward.
If you've not found the guard in the jail cell room, continue following our route below, which is also the way you have to go, regardless.
Head of Security Location 2
Leave the jail cell room, and you will find a set of stairs to your left, taking you to the upper deck.
Stairs on your left after leaving the jail cell area.
Go up, and you will find some more guards ahead of you. Take them out.
Guards across the mess hall.
Now, you will enter the mess hall area with the kitchen. Be careful of the two guards on your left when you enter the mess hall.
Guards on your left inside the mess hall.
The head of security will spawn in the kitchen cooking area behind the counter.
The second spawn location of Tony's head of security.
Head of Security Location 3
If the head of security didn't spawn here, continue moving forward into the locker room area right after the mess hall area.
First, turn left and take out the guard with the shotgun.
The guard on the left side of the locker room when coming from the mess hall.
Then turn right. This is the final possible spawn location for the head of security.
Turn right when coming from the mess hall for the third spawn location.
Third spawn location of the head of security.
Once you've got the control codes from the head of security's body, move forward through the locker room area and exit from the right side.
Once out, go upstairs using the stairs at the end.
When you get up the stairs, take out the guard on your right.
The guard on the right.
After that, turn left, which will take you to the submarine bridge.
You will find a lot of guards inside the bridge. Take them all out.
Once you've taken care of the guards, insert the control codes to gain access to the submarine controls.
The terminal where you insert the control codes.
After that, access the helm of the submarine to take control of it and crash it onto the beach.
Interact with the helm to control the submarine.
You won't be able to change its direction, you can only propel it forward by holding the vehicle acceleration button.
Accelerating it forward.
Continue moving through the bridge, and you will come across another sealed door and a guard on your left.
Continue moving forward here.
Take out the guard on your left.
From here, no need to go down. Just open the sealed door to get to the vehicle on the landing pad.
Sealed door to the landing pad.
Landing pad area with our target vehicle.
When you enter the landing pad area, you need to access the terminal inside the security room next door to activate the landing pad.
However, before you do that, open your map and mark the location of the Paleto railway tunnels. We will go inside the tunnel to lose our 4-star wanted level. We are marking it ahead of time because as soon as we're outside the submarine, we will be surrounded by many cops. And we won't get a good opportunity to mark the location without getting shot at from all angles.
Paleto tunnels map location.
There will be one more guard inside the security room.
Take him out as well.
Interact with the terminal to activate the landing pad.
You can keep track of the activation progress by looking at the progress bar at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
Once activated, enter the Fathom FR36 vehicle and leave the submarine.
Getting into the vehicle.
Exiting the submarine via the landing pad exit.
When you're out, go to the custom marker to reach the Paleto railway tunnels.
Go all the way to the left side to reach the tracks.
Going to the left side to reach the railway track.
When you reach the tunnel, go to the middle of the tunnel and stay there until you lose your wanted level.
Tunnel entrance.
Waiting inside the Paleto tunnel to lose the cops.
Once you've lost the cops, continue following the tunnel to get out on the other side. You will come across another tunnel and go through that as well.
When you cross the second tunnel, you will cross two railway bridges.
Cross them, and then you can go on the road to your left.
From here, you can safely drive to your Salvage Yard to complete this mission.
It will be a long drive back, but that's about it.
Delivering the vehicle to the salvage yard.
With the Fathom FR36 successfully stolen and delivered, The McTony Robbery is complete.
Selling the Vehicle
Once you've acquired the vehicle, you can either sell the vehicle to Yusuf or salvage its parts for quick cash.
If you salvage the parts, you will get the cash instantly, which will be reduced by 20%. We do not recommend salvaging the car.
It is always best to sell the vehicle to Yusuf.
When you choose to sell the vehicle, you must drive it to the terminal. Ensure you do not hit anything when driving it to the terminal.
The total payment value of the car decreases with each hit.
Successfully drove the vehicle to the terminal without hitting it anywhere.
Cash Reward
Selling to Yusuf: $360,000
Salvaging Parts: $288,000
Bonus Challenges
Here's the McTony Robbery Challenges:
No lives lost: $10,000
Find the Head of Security in 1 minute: $10,000
Over 15 Headshots: $10,000
All Challenges Completed: $20,000
Total bonus reward: $50,000.
Successfully selling the vehicle and completing these challenges will increase your earnings from The McTony Robbery by a lot. For more Chop Shop content, check out our The Chop Shop overview.
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