Cheats and Secrets (GTA Online) - GTA 5 Guide - IGN (2025)

This Cheats, Secrets, and Exploits guide explains all known GTA Online cheats and secrets. It's worth noting that any GTA 5 Cheat Codes that work in single-player have been disabled in GTA 5 Online, with this applying to both the open world and Job segments of the game.

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• How to Unlock the Double-Action Revolver
• How to Visit North Yankton (Glitch)
• Tips for Making Money in GTA Online
• Tips for Surviving a Bounty Attack
• How to Steal Helicopters and Jets
• How to Get a VapidDominator with Free Bulletproof Tires
• Making the Most of your First Car

How to Unlock the Double-Action Revolver

A new secret treasure hunt was added to GTA Online that allows you to find and obtain the Red Dead Redemption Double-Action Revolver - and completing its associated headshot challenge will unlock a variant of this weapon in Red Dead Redemption 2!

How to Visit North Yankton (Glitch)

There's a glitch in GTA 5 and GTA Online allows players to explore a snowy city in the sky. The town of Ludendorff, North Yankton, (featured in the GTA 5 Prologue) becomes accessible to players who follow the steps outlined in our guide on how to access the town of North Yankton.

Video: GTA - How to Find the Snowy City in the Sky

To activate the glitch and force the city to spawn, carefully and precisely follow these directions. You'll need the help of a friend to do this properly.

Tips for Making Money in GTA Online

Video: Fastest Way to Make Money

Must have a friend or more and the better the car they have the more money you can make.

Video: The Fastest Way to Make Money

This works best on high-yield Jobs that can be repeated quickly.

• See also: How to Make Money in GTA Online. There is no money cheat for GTA V.

Tips for Surviving a Bounty Attack

When in game you have the option to switch to Passive Mode, which allows you to go about your business without fear of being shot by other players. If you do this and a Bounty is placed on you, people will still hunt you, but their bullets will do no harm. This method cannot be done if the Bounty is placed first.

How to Steal Helicopters and Jets

You can access the LS Airport runways via the stairs that lead to the location of the Flight School in the Story Mode. Just jump over the rail/wall on the left of the stairs past the fence and drop down behind it. You'll have no Wanted Level and access to the runway and either one or two Maverick helicopters. You do not get any Wanted Level for stealing these four-man Choppers.

Once you hit level 30, you can call for a helicopter pick up from Merryweather for $1,000. Much like a taxi, you can get in the back and it will fly you to your marked waypoint. Much like a taxi too, you can shoot the helicopter's pilot and jack the vehicle to be used however you wish. This is available on missions too and a useful way to off-set poor job mission start points (ie. 5 miles away from mission objective).

You can then use a helicopter to parachute into Ft. Zancudo and steal a P-996 Lazer jet.

How to Get a VapidDominator with Free Bulletproof Tires

For this glitch you wil need at least 2 people and 1 one of them must be able to get the mission from Lester called (Cops capacity). During this mission you will receive a Vapid Dominator equipped with bulletproof tires, Complete the objectives until you have to drive to Lester's compound to end the mission. Let the other person go there alone while you remain seated in the Dominator. When the mission is over you will spawn back into the game you will still have possesion of the Dominator. Drive to the nearest Los Santo Customs and purchase a tracker and insurance for the car and its yours, with the free bulletproof tires upgrade.

Making the Most of your First Car

When you create a new character in GTA Online, as part of the creation process Simeon will phone you to offer you some free customisation. This is part of the process to create your first Personal Vehicle, which will remain your only "property" until level 5.

To make the most of this, try to pick a car that has the best possible value for street-jacked cars, and/or a variety of available modifications. As well as the tracker and insurance, you will be able to equip this vehicle (at no cost to yourself) with custom wheels, numberplates, and potentially more items as well that would normally be unavailable to the player at this point in the game. Cars with Grille, Hood, Chassis, and/or Spoiler modifications have been found to offer the first level of customisation for free at this point - in some cases, this is 15 or more levels before they would normally be purchasable. Players also have access to all available paints & plate styles for free, potentially saving them many thousands of dollars, and can also equip custom wheels - be warned, although the game implies that you can purchase a lot of different wheels, only those actually fitted will be remembered in future visits.

This can be a quick source of easy money, as once your car has been customised the Mod Shops become available for selling to. Customised vehicles sell for more than uncustomised ones, and as you've paid nothing for the car it's not unreasonable to sell the new vehicle for way more than the price of adding a tracker & insurance to another, and pocket the difference to spend on guns & ammo, clothes, etc.