GTA 5 achievements
List of all 77 Grand Theft Auto V achievements, full trophy strategy guide, and how long it might take you.
If you’re looking to boost your Gamerscore with some GTA 5 achievements, you’re in for a tough ride. Many achievements are relatively straightforward, but you’ll find a couple trophies, particularly in the GTA Online mode, are going to take much, much more trial and error than you may have bargained for.
There are a total of 77 Grand Theft Auto V achievements in the game, 50 of which are from the base game. If you succeed in earning every achievement, you’ll net your account 1750 Gamerscore.
On this page:
- All GTA 5 achievements
- How long does it take to earn all GTA 5 achievements?
- What is the rarest achievement in GTA 5?
- Do GTA 5 cheats turn off achievements?
All GTA 5 achievements
GTA 5 achievement | Description | Gamerscore | Gamemode |
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A Fair Day’s Pay | Complete Caida Libre. (Secret) | 10 | Base game |
A Friendship Resurrected | Complete Fame Or Shame. (Secret) | 10 | Base game |
A Lot of Cheddar | Spend a total of $200 million across all three characters. | 20 | Base game |
A Mystery, Solved | Solve the mystery of Leonora Johnson. | 15 | Base game |
A New Perspective | Play GTA V in first person mode for 15 hours. (Secret) | 20 | Base game |
Above the Law | GTA Online: Reach Rank 100. | 80 | GTA Online |
All’s Fare in Love and War | Purchase Downtown Cab Co. and complete a private fare. | 10 | Base game |
Altruist Acolyte | Deliver an unsuspecting victim to the Altruist Cult. | 5 | Base game |
American Dream | GTA Online: Own an Apartment, Garage and an Insured Vehicle. | 10 | GTA Online |
Backseat Driver | GTA Online: Direct a driver to 1st place as co-driver in Rally Mode. | 10 | GTA Online |
Blitzed | Complete Blitz Play (Secret) | 20 | Base game |
Career Criminal | Attain 100% Game Completion. | 100 | Base game |
Clean Sweep | GTA Online: Finish a Gang Attack without dying and kill at least 10 enemies. | 10 | GTA Online |
Close Shave | Complete all Under the Bridge and Knife Flight challenges. | 20 | Base game |
Crew Cut | GTA Online: Complete a Job as a member of a Crew. | 5 | GTA Online |
Decorated | GTA Online: Earn 30 Platinum Awards. | 50 | GTA Online |
Dialling Digits | GTA Online: Call for a Backup Helicopter for the first time. | 5 | GTA Online |
Diamond Hard | Complete the Jewel Store Job. (Secret) | 20 | Base game |
Enjoy Your Stay | GTA Online: Participate in everything Los Santos has to offer. | 20 | GTA Online |
From Beyond the Stars | Collect and return all spaceship parts. | 15 | Base game |
Full Refund | GTA Online: Kill the thief that mugged you. | 10 | GTA Online |
Kifflom! | Complete your path to enlightenment… or not. | 30 | Base game |
Los Santos Customs | Fully mod a vehicle. | 10 | Base game |
Making Moves | GTA Online: Reach Rank 50. | 30 | GTA Online |
Multi-Disciplined | Attain a gold medal in all applicable hobbies and pastimes. | 20 | Base game |
Numero Uno | GTA Online: Obtain first place in all competitive game types. | 20 | GTA Online |
Off the Plane | GTA Online: Complete the Introduction. | 5 | GTA Online |
Out of Your Depth | You’re gonna need a bigger boat… | 5 | Base game |
Pimp My Sidearm | Fully mod a weapon. | 10 | Base game |
Red Mist | Complete all Rampages. | 20 | Base game |
Run Like The Wind | GTA Online: Survive for a day with a Bounty on your head. | 20 | GTA Online |
San Andreas Sightseer | Explore all of Los Santos and Blaine County. | 30 | Base game |
Show Off | Complete all Stunt Jumps. | 30 | Base game |
Small Town, Big Job | Complete The Paleto Score. (Secret) | 20 | Base game |
Solid Gold, Baby! | Earn 70 Gold Medals on Missions and Strangers and Freaks. | 50 | Base game |
Stick Up Kid | GTA Online: Hold up all 20 Stores. | 10 | GTA Online |
Subversive | Complete The Merryweather Heist. (Secret) | 20 | Base game |
The Big One! | Complete The Big Score. (Secret) | 20 | Base game |
The Government Gimps | Complete The Bureau Raid. (Secret) | 20 | Base game |
The Midnight Club | GTA Online: Use custom vehicles to win 5 races. | 20 | GTA Online |
The Moment of Truth | Discover the truth about Brad. (Secret) | 10 | Base game |
Three Man Army | Survive 3 minutes on at least a 3 star Wanted Level with all three characters together off mission. | 20 | Base game |
Three-Bit Gangster | GTA Online: Reach Rank 25. | 10 | GTA Online |
To Live or Die in Los Santos | Complete the final mission. (Secret) | 30 | Base game |
TP Industries Arms Race | Purchase McKenzie Field Hangar and win the arms race. | 10 | Base game |
Trading Pure Alpha | Make a profit over your total investments in the stock market. | 10 | Base game |
Unnatural Selection | GTA Online: Complete all 10 waves of a Survival. | 20 | GTA Online |
Wanted: Alive Or Alive | Deliver a bail bond target alive. | 10 | Base game |
Waste Management | Purchase the old dock and collect all nuclear waste. | 15 | Base game |
Welcome to Los Santos | Complete Franklin and Lamar (Secret) | 10 | Base game |
Be Prepared | GTA Online: Complete a Heist Setup. (Secret) | 10 | GTA Online Heists |
Can’t Touch This | GTA Online: Complete a Heist Finale without taking any damage. | 30 | GTA Online Heists |
Dead Presidents | GTA Online: Complete The Fleeca Job and The Pacific Standard Job as Heist Leader or Crew. (Secret) | 30 | GTA Online Heists |
Four Way | GTA Online: As Heist Leader set the Finale cut as 25% across all players. | 10 | GTA Online Heists |
In the Name of Science | GTA Online: Complete The Humane Labs Raid and Series A Funding as Heist Leader or Crew. (Secret) | 30 | GTA Online Heists |
Live a Little | GTA Online: Spend a total of $8,000,000 purchasing vehicles included as part of The Heists Update. | 50 | GTA Online Heists |
Mastermind | GTA Online: Earn 25 platinum medals across Heist Setups and Finales. | 50 | GTA Online Heists |
Parole Day | GTA Online: Complete The Prison Break as Heist Leader or Crew. (Secret) | 30 | GTA Online Heists |
Shot Caller | GTA Online: Invest your hard earned cash to set up a Heist. | 10 | GTA Online Heists |
Animal Lover | Enter Director Mode as an unlocked animal actor for the first time. | 10 | GTA Online Freemode |
Cryptozoologist | Unlock all the animals. (Secret) | 50 | GTA Online Freemode |
Cult Movie | Enter Director Mode as Cris Formage. | 30 | GTA Online Freemode |
Ensemble Piece | Unlock all Story Characters and enter Director Mode as an actor from this category. | 50 | GTA Online Freemode |
First Time Director | Enter Director Mode for the first time as an unlocked actor. | 10 | GTA Online Freemode |
Humans of Los Santos | Unlock all Special Characters and enter Director Mode as an actor from this category. | 30 | GTA Online Freemode |
Location Scout | Visit all Locations in Director Mode. | 20 | GTA Online Freemode |
Majestic | Create and export 10 videos using the Rockstar Editor or enter Director Mode 10 times. | 30 | GTA Online Freemode |
Method Actor | Enter Director Mode using any of your own GTA Online characters. | 10 | GTA Online Freemode |
Vinewood Visionary | Create and export a video using the Rockstar Editor or enter Director Mode 5 times. | 10 | GTA Online Freemode |
A World Worth Saving | GTA Online: Complete The Doomsday Heist as Leader or Crew. (Secret) | 40 | GTA Online The Doomsday Heist |
Elitist | GTA Online: Complete all 3 Elite Challenges in The Doomsday Heist. | 40 | GTA Online The Doomsday Heist |
Getting Started | GTA Online: Set up The Doomsday Heist. | 20 | GTA Online The Doomsday Heist |
Masterminds | GTA Online: Complete all 3 Criminal Mastermind challenges in The Doomsday Heist. | 60 | GTA Online The Doomsday Heist |
Orbital Obliteration | GTA Online: Kill another player with the Orbital Cannon. | 10 | GTA Online The Doomsday Heist |
The Bogdan Problem | GTA Online: Complete Act II of The Doomsday Heist as Leader or Crew. (Secret) | 30 | GTA Online The Doomsday Heist |
The Data Breaches | GTA Online: Complete Act I of The Doomsday Heist as Leader or Crew. (Secret) | 20 | GTA Online The Doomsday Heist |
The Doomsday Scenario | GTA Online: Complete Act III of The Doomsday Heist as Leader or Crew. (Secret) | 30 | GTA Online The Doomsday Heist |
How long does it take to earn all GTA 5 achievements?
On average, it will take you 80-100 hours to earn every achievement in GTA 5, but your mileage may vary depending on how well you play. Some players have reported taking more than 300 hours to complete their collection, and largely because some of the hardest and rarest achievements in GTA 5 require a considerable amount of practice and collaboration to achieve.
What is the rarest achievement in GTA 5?
The rarest, or perhaps hardest, achievement in all of GTA 5 is the Masterminds achievement. This achievement is set in the GTA Online mode rather than the singleplayer campaign, and requires you to flawlessly complete three Doomsday Heists without dying once. The issue? You have to complete these missions while playing with three other people. If even one of you perishes during the finale heist (you’re allowed to die during the initial setup missions), you have to start again. Worse, it must be the same three people, meaning that players who dropout mid-run will assassinate your chances of earning the Masterminds achievement.
For this very reason, most players spend a considerable amount of time practicing the Doomsday Heist with a particular group of friends or like-minded individuals. Go into a private lobby to save yourself the bother of random players joining you, and to avoid any public server issues and crashes.
Buy the Armored Kuruma car if you don’t already have it to give yourself and your teammates the maximum amount of protection while driving around. Load up on snacks to regenerate your health, and equip Super Heavy Body Armor at the earliest opportunity. Also, make sure to use Lester’s ability to remove your Wanted level at every available opportunity. Even a single death can set you back, so you can’t take any chances.
Fortunately, you don’t have to complete these missions in a single session. Your progress is saved at the end of each Setup mission, allowing you and your group to reconvene in a private server at any point to continue on.
With luck and no small amount of skill, you’ll complete all three Heists without a casualty, and earn yourself the coveted and extremely rare Masterminds achievement.
Do GTA 5 cheats turn off achievements?
Activating any GTA 5 cheats will immediately disable your ability to earn achievements. The only way to earn cheats after using a cheat or command is to revert your game to an earlier save. For this reason, it is advisable that you create a save game slot before you enter any cheats.
Rockstar Games have not included any cheats in-game that allow you to suddenly unlock all achievements. As a result, the only way you can earn all 77 trophies is to work your way through the game.