Grand Theft Auto V Trophy Guide

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Reach Rank 100 in GTA Online. You need a total of 1,583,380 RP to reach Rank 100. You will earn RP from almost everything you do Online, including: Jobs Races Survivals Hobbies and activities Combat Even failed Jobs award some RP, so progress is rarely completely wasted. Playing Jobs with a team can give a 20% RP bonus. Playing with members of your Crew can give an additional 10% bonus. Playing Jobs on Hard difficulty can award 50% more RP. Races and Survivals can also provide strong RP rewards, especially when you perform well. Headshots award additional RP during combat.

Tip

Work toward Numero Uno, Unnatural Selection, Decorated, Stick Up Kid, and the other Online trophies while ranking up. There is a huge amount of overlap. Take advantage of Double RP or other bonus events whenever they are active.

Warning

This is one of the longest Online grinds for the Platinum, so avoid leaving it until everything else is finished. Rank 100 is less of a trophy and more of Rockstar checking whether you have officially moved into Los Santos.

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Own an Apartment, a Garage, and an Insured Vehicle in GTA Online. You should receive an Insured Vehicle during the GTA Online tutorial. After that, purchase an Apartment and a Garage. You can save money by buying an Apartment that already includes a Garage. One inexpensive option is: 0112 S Rockford Dr, Apt 13 Price: $80,000 This property includes a Garage, so once you own it along with your Insured Vehicle, the trophy should unlock.

Tip

Buy a property with an included Garage instead of purchasing both separately. You now own property, a garage, and an insured car. In Los Santos, this apparently qualifies as achieving the American Dream.

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Win a Rally Race while playing as the co-driver. Host or join a Rally Race and make sure you are assigned as the co-driver. The driver cannot see the checkpoints normally, so it is your job to guide them. Use the D-pad to indicate when they should turn left or right. Your team must finish in 1st place for the trophy to unlock.

Tip

Do this with a friend and communicate through voice chat if possible. It makes the entire thing dramatically easier.

Warning

You must be the co-driver, not the driver. This trophy asks you to sit in the passenger seat, give directions, and somehow avoid destroying the friendship before the finish line.

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Complete a Gang Attack without dying and personally kill at least 10 enemies. Gang Attacks unlock at Rank 18 and can appear around the map while you are in GTA Online. When you find one, enter the marked area to start the encounter. Take your time, use cover, and make sure you personally get at least 10 kills before the Gang Attack is finished. You must survive the entire encounter without dying.

Tip

Play carefully and avoid rushing into the middle of the fight. Cover is far more useful than trying to look impressive.

Warning

Just because there are no red enemy markers visible does not mean the area is clear. Some enemies may still be hiding nearby. Ten kills. Zero deaths. For once, GTA Online is asking you to behave like your character actually values staying alive.

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Complete a GTA Online Job while playing as a member of a Crew. First, join or create a Crew through Rockstar’s Crew system. Then play a Job with at least one other member of that Crew. Complete the Job successfully and the trophy will unlock.

Tip

Join a Crew with friends if possible. You will be working on plenty of other Online trophies, so having reliable players around can save a lot of time. Nothing builds team spirit like committing crimes together under a matching logo.

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Earn 30 Platinum Awards in GTA Online. There are a lot of Platinum Awards available, and you only need 30 of them, so the best approach is to focus on the ones that are realistic, repeatable, or overlap with other trophies rather than trying to complete everything. Good Platinum Awards to target include: The Slayer — Win 25 Deathmatches Death Brigade — Win 25 Team Deathmatches Team Carrier — Get the highest score in 25 Team Deathmatches The Aviator — Win 25 Air Races Making Waves — Win 25 Sea Races Road Rage — Kill 3 racers and win a GTA Race Follow to a Tee — Win 20 Rally Races as the driver The Dictator — Win 20 Rally Races as the co-driver Impromptu Champion — Win 25 Impromptu Races In a class of your own — Win a race in a custom vehicle Penetrate from Behind — Go from last place to 1st in 25 races Dust Maker — Set the fastest lap in 25 races Every Race — Win every race type Survivor — Complete all 10 waves of a Survival Over the Top — Win 25 Arm Wrestling matches Throwback King — Win at Darts 25 times The Swing King — Win at Golf 25 times Stroke Master — Win at Tennis 25 times Out of Five — Win a 5-set Tennis match Straight Sets — Win a Tennis match in straight sets Crack Shot — Win 25 Target Grid matches Duck and Cover — Win 25 Cover Target matches Granny — Win a Target Grid match by total domination The Marksman — Win 25 Random Target matches All Rounder — Win every game mode War Pig — Participate in 25 different Deathmatches Veteran Racer — Participate in 25 different Races Checking Out — Win at Darts using only 6 darts The Hustler — Win $50,000 through betting Lapping It Up — Get 25 private lap dances Snappy Dresser — Buy 25 different outfits Hairy Encounters — Change your haircut 25 times The Human Canvas — Get a tattoo on every body part Armed Robber — Hold up all 20 shops No Claims Bonus — Drive for 30 minutes without taking damage Suped Up — Apply every type of modification to a vehicle Unirider — Perform a 2,000-foot continuous wheelie Killstreaker — Get a 10+ kill streak in a Deathmatch Smoke 'Em Out — Get the most kills during a Gang Attack Bloodiest of the Bunch — Get the most kills in a 4-player Survival

Tip

Prioritize Awards that overlap with other trophies. Survivor overlaps with Unnatural Selection, Armed Robber overlaps with Stick Up Kid, All Rounder overlaps with Numero Uno, and In a class of your own helps alongside race-related trophies. A friend or boosting partner can make several of the competitive Awards much faster, especially Rally Races, Tennis, Darts, Arm Wrestling, and Deathmatches.

Warning

Avoid wasting time on the really brutal Awards unless you already have progress toward them. Things like holding a world record, spending hours parachuting, killing huge numbers of players with specific weapons, or stealing hundreds of vehicles are much worse uses of your time. Thirty Platinum Awards sounds like Rockstar asking you to master GTA Online. In reality, it is more like finding 30 pieces of content that annoy you the least and squeezing every last award out of them.

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Call for gang backup for the first time in GTA Online. Backup becomes available after reaching Rank 20. After you unlock the service, Merryweather will contact you and let you know that backup can now be requested. Open your phone, go to Contacts, call Merryweather, and choose Backup Helicopter. Once the backup is called in, the trophy will unlock.

Tip

This is quick and easy once you reach Rank 20, so knock it out as soon as the option becomes available. Apparently the solution to most problems in GTA Online is just knowing the right person to call.

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Participate in all of the required GTA Online activities. You need to do the following: Get a Private Dance at the Strip Club Buy Clothes Get a Tattoo Get a Haircut Play Tennis Play at least one hole of Golf Play a Shooting Range Challenge Complete at least one round of Arm Wrestling Hold up a Store Play at least one leg of Darts You do not need to win most of these activities. Simply participating is enough unless the activity itself requires completion. Golf, Darts, and the Shooting Range can be done solo. Tennis and Arm Wrestling are much easier to arrange with a friend.

Tip

Leave the Tattoo requirement until last.

Warning

This trophy can be buggy. If it does not unlock after completing everything, buy additional tattoos and make sure at least one is applied to the torso. You came to Los Santos to become a criminal mastermind. Apparently that also requires golf, darts, a haircut, and a lap dance. Very well-rounded.

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Kill the mugger who steals from you in GTA Online. You need another player who is Rank 50 or higher to send a mugger after you through Lester. The easiest method is to have a friend do this. Stand still somewhere safe and wait for the mugger to arrive. The mugger will knock you down and steal some of your money. As soon as you get back up, chase them down and kill them. The trophy will unlock once you kill the same mugger who robbed you.

Tip

Do this with a friend in a quiet session so you are not dealing with random players while trying to set it up.

Warning

The mugger needs to successfully steal from you first. Do not kill them before the robbery happens. You wanted a refund. Los Santos customer service suggested murder.

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Reach Rank 50 in GTA Online. You need a total of 448,800 RP to reach Rank 50. Keep completing Jobs, races, Survivals, and other activities to build RP. You can earn bonus RP by: Playing Jobs with a team Playing with members of your Crew Completing Jobs on Hard difficulty Scoring headshots during combat Taking advantage of bonus RP events when available

Tip

Do not grind this trophy by itself. Work on the other GTA Online trophies at the same time and the RP will build naturally. Rank 50. At this point, you have officially spent enough time in Los Santos to know that every quiet street is probably five seconds away from becoming a war zone.

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Finish in 1st place across all required competitive GTA Online activity types. You will need to complete the following: Win a Deathmatch Win a Team Deathmatch Complete all 10 waves of a Survival Win an Air Race Win a Sea Race Win a GTA Race Win a Rally Race Win a Standard Race Win at least one set of Tennis Win at least one round of Arm Wrestling Win at least one hole of Golf Win at least one leg of Darts Win a Shooting Range Challenge Win a Parachuting Race Complete a Gang Attack For Deathmatches and races, playing with only one other person can make the requirement much easier. For Tennis, using a friend is highly recommended because random players may quit if they start losing. For Arm Wrestling, move the left stick rapidly left and right. Higher Strength can make this easier. For Golf, focus on getting onto the green cleanly, then finish the hole with controlled putting. For Darts, work your score down from 301 and make sure your final throw lands on a double. For Parachuting Races, practice with normal Parachute Jumps first so you are comfortable with landing.

Tip

Boosting this with a friend will save a huge amount of time, especially for Tennis, Rally Races, and the less-populated competitive modes. You can combine Survival with Unnatural Selection and Gang Attacks with Clean Sweep while working on this.

Warning

Do not assume simply participating counts. You need the required win or completion condition for each activity type. You are not done until GTA Online has forced you to prove you are good at shooting, racing, flying, boating, tennis, golf, darts, parachuting, arm wrestling, and somehow still functioning as a human being.

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Complete the GTA Online introduction. This unlocks when you first enter GTA Online and gain control of your character after the opening sequence. There is nothing special you need to do beyond starting GTA Online and finishing the introduction.

Tip

This should be one of the first Online trophies you earn. Welcome to GTA Online. Please enjoy your complimentary car theft, random explosions, and immediate distrust of every player on the map.

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Survive long enough with an active Bounty on your head in GTA Online. Once another player or NPC places a Bounty on you, the safest method is to head into one of your owned properties and stay there until the Bounty timer expires. This can take quite a while, sometimes around 50 minutes or more. Once you successfully outlast the Bounty, the trophy will unlock.

Tip

Stay inside your apartment or another safe property instead of trying to survive in public free roam.

Warning

Do not remain completely idle for too long or you may be kicked from the session. Nothing raises your heart rate like having a price on your head. Nothing lowers it quite like hiding in your apartment for nearly an hour.

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Hold up all 20 stores in GTA Online. The store locations are marked on the map. When you successfully rob one, its icon will show a check mark so you can keep track of which ones are finished. Enter the store, aim a weapon at the clerk, and wait for them to empty the register. If the clerk is killed, you can still collect the money directly from the cash register. Expect a 3- or 4-star Wanted Level after most robberies, so have a getaway vehicle ready before you start.

Tip

Wear a mask before entering. Clerks can recognize you on later visits, which can make things messier.

Warning

If you die during the robbery, that store’s icon may disappear temporarily and return later. Twenty stores later, Los Santos convenience stores will know your face better than your own family.

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Win 5 GTA Online races while using a custom vehicle. First, get a vehicle you own and make sure it has a tracker so it can be selected as a personal/custom vehicle in races. Then enter races that match your vehicle’s class and choose your custom vehicle before starting. Win a total of 5 races this way. A simple option is to use the Criminal Records race because it is short and easy to repeat.

Tip

Doing this with a friend can make the 5 wins much faster and removes a lot of random matchmaking nonsense. Make sure you are actually using your custom vehicle each time or the win may not count. Five race wins later, your car has officially gone from “personal transportation” to “trophy delivery system.”

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Reach Rank 25 in GTA Online. You need a total of 127,100 RP to reach Rank 25. RP is earned by completing Jobs, races, Survivals, activities, and other Online content. You still earn some RP even if you fail, so almost everything you do contributes toward your rank.

Tip

Play with other players when possible, since team-based Jobs can award more RP. This is the point where Los Santos stops treating you like a complete nobody. Now you are just a slightly more experienced nobody.

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Complete all 10 waves of a Survival in GTA Online. Survivals unlock at Rank 15, although you can also access one earlier if another player invites you. The Boneyard Survival is a good option and can even be completed solo. There is a useful container near the left side of the barn entrance that provides strong cover from most enemies. Helicopters can still be a problem, but they do not appear constantly. If you are struggling, bring other players to make the later waves much easier. After reaching Rank 20, you can also call Merryweather for additional help. Complete Wave 10 and the trophy will unlock.

Tip

This also counts toward the Survival requirement for Numero Uno. Ten waves. By Wave 8, it stops feeling like survival and starts feeling like the game has a personal issue with you.