Grand Theft Auto V - Adventure Walkthroughs (2024)

Epsilon missions: $2,000,000 (steal the "apocalypse money" at the end)

• Available after "Pulling Favors," Franklin's first tow truck mission. Search for the Epsilon program website on Eyefind and take the test.

• Begin these missions as soon as possible. They cost Michael $90k but their eventual $2.1M payoutis better than all heists except the last one. To finance them, find hidden packages and rob armored trucks as described below.

• You should be able to finish all missions before or around the Jewel Store Heist. When you are required to wear the robes for 10 days, sleep 40 times as M in his bed to advance time, as the game may change his clothes if you switch.

• An easy way to steal the money at the end is to break from the convoy right away and take refuge in the semi-covered parking lot at left. Park under the roof to hide from the helicopter and find cover, then take out Epsilon security. Losing the cops is easy too, as there's an LS Customs nearby. Notice that none of the heavy weapons have been unlocked so early in the game, though you can find some hidden around the map.

Hidden packages: $125,000

• Available after "Complications." See guide here.

• For these you will need a Dinghy, which can be stolen at a number of locations. This is the easiest and quickest way to make money early in the game.

10 armored truck robberies: between $3,000 and $8,000 each

• Available after "Complications."See guidehere.

• These require luck and yield little money, but they're also easy.Keep in mind that random events located outside of Los Santos city limits won't spawn until Trevor is activated, so only a few armored cars are actually available to rob until then.

Alternatives. Michael can also use some of the random events listed below for Trevor.

• However, when playing as M you should earn strictly as much money as needed to finance the Epsilon missions, since the Epsilon payout is so high that M will be the richest character no matter what (as he should be, given his backstory).

Trevor starts with $100,000and quickly earns an additional $60,000 in "Nervous Ron," so you may want to do some of this as Franklin instead. However, if F starts with $500k (see below), then doing all of these as T is the only way to ensure that he doesn't end up the poorest character for the whole game.

Bail bonds: $40,000

• Available after "Mr. Phillips" (T only).
• $10,000 for each fugitive (or $5,000 if killed).
• See guide here.

Deal gone wrong: $25,000

• Available after "Mr. Phillips" for T, after "Friends Reunited" for M or F.
• See guidehere.

Countryside robbery: $10,000

• Available after "Mr. Phillips" for T, after "Friends Reunited" for M or F.
• See guide here.

Altruist cult: $103,000

• Available after "Nervous Ron" (T only), but most hitchhikers are available only after "Friends Reunited."
• $1,000 for each hitchhiker, plus four $25,000 briefcases at the camp.
• See guide here.

Burial: $60,000 after a few days

• Available after "Friends Reunited."
• See guide here.

***** MAKING MONEY: MIDDLE GAME *****

After you've exhausted all money opportunities described above, go through the main story missions. Make sure to unlock Taliana Martinez and Packie McCreary as heist crew members, using their random events. This will help you make more money.

More importantly, play the stock market as you progress in the story!Below is a list of missions that are proven to offer a substantial return. In most cases, you will need to either advance the time by sleeping and/or play a couple of missions before the values rise: "Strangers and Freaks" missions work well for this, as they don't advance the story.

• The Hotel Assassination. Invest all in Betta stocks before the mission for an immediate 50% return, and in Bilkinton stocks after the mission for a 75-90% return a week later. This should more than double your money.

• As is well known, leave the other assassination missions until after the end of the main story, since you'll have a lot more money to invest then.

• The Merryweather Heist and theSonar Collections Dock. After the failed heist on Merryweather, you may purchase the Sonar Collections Dock for $250,000 as any character (all of them will have several times that money at that point). Using the minisub that comes with it, you can collect 30 nuclear waste barrels at the bottom of the ocean. Each pays $23,000, plus a $250,000 award if you collect them allwhich effectively pays off the property,for a netprofitof$640,000.

• Buy this property as whichever character needs $640,000 the mostat this point. For me it's Trevor, which also fits well story-wise as he operates the minisub in the heist and has one stored at the airfield.Barrels collected by characters whodon'town the property will count toward the total of 30, but they will not grant anyone the $23,000 reward.

• Minor Turbulence. Buy Vangelico stocks some time before this mission, and no later than right after Patricia's kidnapping. Buy at -30% to -20% and sell at +30% to 40% a few days later.

• Since M and T are unavailable for a brief while after Patricia's kidnapping, this mission is actually activated by Franklin (with the green "M" marker). If you haven't invested already by this point, invest with F before activating the mission, and with M & T during the mission itself.

• Derailed. Buy Bilkinton stocksbefore this mission: for some reason, they get a 80% bump after. You need to do a couple of Strangers & Freaks missions for these stocks to rise, as well as advance time to the next Monday.

• Bury the Hatchet - Fresh Meat. Gruppe Sechs stocks get a 10-15% bump after "Fresh Meat." However, buy before the earlier mission "Bury the Hatchet," after which you lose control of Michael for a while, so all three characters can benefit.

• Legal Trouble - Meltdown. Buy AirEmustocks before "Legal Trouble" and sell after the mission for around a 15-20% return. When you've cashed in, immediately buyFlyUS stocks, to be sold a few days after "Meltdown" for a 100% return.

• Sometimes this one just doesn't work, so be sure to keep a pre-investment savegame just in case.

• Be aware that the Big Score may become available while you wait for FlyUS stocks to rebound. Do not take it before you have finished this investment, as you will need to invest again right after it.

• The Third Way. Buy Augury Insurance right before the mission and sell it a few days after for a 100% return. Of course, this only works if you choose option C, which you should anyway...

Hitch lift random event. This can be done anytime, but I usually leave it for last. Buy Tinkle stocks, do the event (see guide here), and sell for a 33% return. This should be enough to put all three characters over the top.