Solo mode in GTA Online offers a sandbox gameplay experience meaning you can explore the world at your leisure, without the risk of harming yourself or others. While the mechanics of the game have remained largely the same since its inception, there are a variety of ways you can make money playing Solo. Below we’ve compiled a handy list of the different ways you can earn cash in GTA Online.
General Businesses
If you’ve got a business soul, you can set up shop in any one of the available markets in the game. You can start a bakery, hotel, or restaurant and begin taking reservations immediately. You’ll receive a cut of the profit from each sale you make, so you’re incentivised to earn as much money as you can while playing the game.
You can also take on clients who need your services, offering your construction expertise to build their hotel or restaurant. You’ll be able to set your own hours, so you can fit this around your school schedule or job requirements.
Criminal Activities
Criminals willing to work with you can be more lucrative than general business partners, as you’ll receive a special cut of the profit for any job completed for them. These contracts can range from small jobs that any criminal can complete to larger jobs that require a specific set of skills. You can engage in a wide variety of criminal activities including extortion, robbery, car theft, and drug dealing. You won’t have to look far to find opportunities of criminal activities in the game as the map is packed with vendors, players, and organizations who need something stolen, sold, or performed.
If you’re looking for a change of pace from the standard school day, you can take up criminal activities and begin making money right away. However, be prepared to commit to the long haul as these activities can require a lot of time and effort as you establish yourself in the underworld.
Poker
If you’ve got a poker face, you can set up shop in any one of the available card rooms in the game and begin taking on players. Once you’ve built up a decent enough bankroll, you can venture out on the open seas to play in the big leagues. You’ll be able to set your own hours, so you can fit this around your school schedule or job requirements.
Like any other game, poker in GTA Online is all about strategy and being able to read your opponent. By understanding the various forms of poker and knowing the tendencies of your opponents, you’ll be able to choose the right strategy for each hand and maximize your chances of winning. You can also study how to play better poker to increase your win rate.
Mining
Mining is one of the ways you can make money in GTA Online, though the way you go about it has changed a lot over the years. For starters, you’ll no longer need access to a mine to start mining. Instead, you can use one of the provided vehicles to drive to an area of interest and begin prospecting for raw materials. You’ll need to bring your own equipment to process the materials you find into usable form, but you can do this on site. This makes mining a much more accessible hobby for players as you no longer need extensive training or access to expensive equipment.
There are a variety of materials you can mine for including oil, natural gas, coal, ore, diamonds, and gold. The more you mine, the more you’ll be able to progress through the game. While it would be nice to mine everything you come across, this isn’t likely as the resources within the game are limited and you can only carry a certain amount of weight. This means you’ll need to re-stock your mining equipment often to keep mining efficiently. In addition, some materials require specific equipment to process, meaning you’ll either need to steal or buy it.
Robbery
If you’ve got a nice piece of gear, like a sports car or a motorcycle, you can use it to pull off a heist and rob a variety of targets. The better your gear, the more you’ll be able to pull off heists. After completing a successful heist, you can use the gear you stole to process materials into products that can be sold for profit. Like any other game mode, you can participate in heists on your own or in teams of up to four people.
However, if you’re looking for a more risk-free way to make money, you can start a business robbing people. In most cases, you’ll have a contact who will supply you with vehicles, guns, and sometimes even uniforms. When supplying these things to a criminal, they are considered merchandise and are free to be sold or traded. You can avoid all the risks of direct robbery by taking on this kind of business.
Escaping And Making Your Own Way
As the years have gone on, the way players have escaped the game has changed. Back in the Day of GTA, players had to rely on taxis to get them around the city as driving allowed you to discover new locations. However, with the addition of the helicopter and bus, you no longer need to rely on any outside resources to move around the city. You can use the heli to travel to the outskirts of the map, where there are no roads or vehicles to be found. This is where most of the action in the game occurs and is known as sky-surfing. While there are no vehicles within the game, there are still pedestrians and animals who roam the streets below, waiting to be murdered by you or your fellow criminals.
The downside to this freedom is that you’ll no longer be able to go anywhere you want, when you want to. This is where the bus ride comes in handy as it allows you to travel to any point you want to on the map and return when you’re done exploring. If you want to get away from the game for a while, you can take the bus to a scenic spot, hop off, and take a nap. When you awaken, you’ll find yourself back at your crime-free zone where you can begin robbing and looting at will. This is known as jailbreak mode.
Thief
As the game has grown over the years, so have the ways players have interacted with each other. While in the beginning, players had to rely on their wits and resources to survive, today’s version of the game provides easier opportunities for interaction. If you’ve got a team of up to four people with you, you can explore the world in relative safety. However, solo players have to take on the risk of hurting themselves as they explore the game’s environments.
There are no guards or patrol vehicles that will come to your rescue if you run into trouble. Instead, you’re on your own and must look out for yourself as you attempt to stay alive. This is where the knife comes in handy as it provides you with a quick and efficient way to fend off an attacker or kill another player if they’re trying to murder you. If you want to avoid violence, you can do so by playing as a female character or creating a non-binary character.
With all of these ways to make money in GTA Online, you’ll be able to find the one that suits your playstyle. However, keep in mind that the better you play, the better your chances of winning. In addition, some strategies may require more effort than others, so think about the time you have to commit to playing versus how much you want to make in the game. If you want to cut down on the amount of time it takes to make money, you can practice on the training mission. This will make you better at taking down targets swiftly and with precision, boosting your odds of winning big in the end.