TOKI's GTA Online Guide
The Prison Break
Setups: Plane, Bus, Station, Wet Work.
Plane
In this setup you need to go to Trevor's airfield in Sandy Shores, kill a bunch of gang members and steal a plane from the hangar.
- Set up Player Saved Outfits and select the Heist Heavy Combat.
- Select an armored Kuruma if you have one, or get in someone else' if you don't have one.
Use the Kuruma to clear out the airfield. Driver should avoid getting near exploding tanks and cars. Take your time, make headshots, clear everyone out, ram the cars left on the runway and then take the plane safely to the LS Airport. Pilot, don’t forget your landing gear after a long flight. Others should exit the area and stay alive.
Bus
In this setup you must steal a prison bus that is traveling with an escort. This can easily be a one man job.
- Set up Player Saved Outfits and select the Heist Heavy Combat.
- Select your fastest car or the Kuruma.
Catch up with the bus. Do a drive-by on his left side, killing the driver. Take out the fed in a black car behind, but be careful, he’s a good shot. Take down the chopper and get in the bus. Mind the traffic when on foot. The best place to exit your car would be on the right side of the bus, protecting you from traffic and providing a quick enter to the bus. Take the bus off-road and stay there, because cops will only spawn on the roads. You should all split up to lose the cops. Don’t get the cops back on the bus, stay away from the bus. Don’t attempt to climb the bus up on to the hills as it doesn’t have enough power. Eat snacks in the bus if you’re getting shot at. Other members should not go inside the bus. This might cause the 'infinite cop glitch'. If you do all get in the bus, just split up and driver re-enter the bus.
Station
In this setup you're split into two teams. Cargo team has to go to the docks and steal a car from the boat. Station team must steal a car, drive to the station, steal a document and deliver it.
- Outfit selection is locked.
- Select any car.
Cargo team should do this the easy way. Both players should drive to the docks and before any shooting, just climb the middle crane in front of the boat, all the way up and down to the extended part. Only one player needs to parachute down onto the container. Do this by jumping over the rail at the place where you can pick up the parachute. Jump of the crane and instantly press X and hold L1 and R1. Steer it to the right, so you have more space to land. You do this to avoid falling off, since your guy needs to make a couple of steps to lose the parachute after landing, which you can't control.
Use your left stick to aim landing. When you land, you should still be hidden from the guards. The guards will only raise the alarm and shoot when they see you. You need to jump two containers to get to the one holding the car. Time your jumps carefully, while running. Don’t fall through. You or your partner must shoot the two guys protecting the crate with the car. Shoot the lock open and both of you will get in the car during the cut scene. Drive the car off. During the drive, open your interaction menu, set it on snacks and eat snacks as your health depletes. This is a must, since you will be under fire and without the Heist Heavy. DO NOT shoot back! This could get the cops on you and then you will have to deal with attackers while escaping the cops. Very difficult. The car is fast but hard to control. If it’s raining, take extra caution as it will be even harder to control it, especially if you crash. Take the foot of the pedal, use your radar to see your enemies and don’t let them ram you. Trick them by changing the sides you are going to pass them over.
Station team should constrain from killing any cops. The easiest way is to call the cops with your phone, dialing 911. When they arrive, don’t kill them, just steal their car. They will probably leave the car so you can take it. Don’t run them over. You should now have only one wanted star that needs to be lost, compared to 3 if you went on a cop rampage. Do this and go to the station. When entering station don’t carry weapons in hands, this will trigger the alert. Take the schedule and go home, easy.
Wet Work
In this setup you are split into two teams. The mansion team needs to assassinate Mr. Popov inside his mansion. The city hall team needs to kill two layers coming out of a car.
- Set up Player Saved Outfits and select the Heist Heavy Combat.
- Everyone select the Kuruma.
Mansion team - Easiest way to get this done is by sniping him directly. Player #1 should get to the marker, while Player #2 goes to the stadium, across Popov's mansion (MAP PHOTO). Player #2 can climb the entrance wall to the stadium and wait for Player #1 to finish the cutscene, after which Popov will appear. Player #2 should now have a clear snipe shot and kill Popov easy. After that he can join the other team in his Kuruma and help them kill the two lawyers, take the documents and escape. If you had to restart for some reason, and you previously had hit the checkpoint, than you need to do the following: Watch the cutscene. Do not snipe the bodyguards, unnecessary risk of getting spot. Instead, go straight to the entrance gate, along the road. Don’t make too much noise in front of it. Jump over the door when the guard(s) is/are not looking, use your radar. Kill guard(s) with a silenced weapon. Go around the building on the right, kill two more guards. You then shoot Popov, either from downstairs and through the rail, or climb upstairs. Alternatively, you can do this by just sneaking around and shooting only the target if you like. In case that you’re made Popov will make his exit on the exact side of the building I described you approaching him from. He’ll be running for the van parked in the backyard, down some stairs, so just run after him before he gets inside the van. This is just easy. If he gets to the van somehow, chase him down with your car and shoot him.
City hall team - Drive to the marker and park the car nearby. Climb the ladder and take position. Wait for the lawyers to arrive and exit the car. If you chose to snipe them, communicate so you do it simultaneously. Alternately you can blow them up once they exit the car, or use your assault rifle to shoot them down, but be careful, as auto-aim won’t work. After you kill them, cops will rush the street. Kill all cops either from the rooftops, or by getting inside the Kuruma and drive-bying them.
Be careful coming down from the building using ladders. Collect the briefcase, lose the heat in one of many alleys around and deliver the docs.
The Finale
In the final heist you are split into 4 different roles. You need to break out Rashkovsky and help him escape via plane.
* The leader needs to select roles accordingly. Best pilot should fly the plane and the best shooter should be the prison officer. The prisoner is the toughest role and should be high-ranked. Weakest link should be demolition.
The pilot needs to get to the airport and fly to Sandy Shores, within a comfy time limit. Then you need to avoid the jet(s). The best thing to do is tell your demolition not to shoot down the planes and just play a spinning game with one jet. Just tilt your plane on one side, almost but not all the way to the ‘knife’ position and control your curving speed, using analog up and down for this and control your attitude using L1 and R1. The goal is to stay on the side or behind the jet, making him go around in one direction - circling. This will keep you just above the airfield and him out of firing range. Don’t let him get behind you, that’s how he can shoot you down. Don’t go too low around the prison, there’re homing missiles awaiting you there. Don’t fly too high, as you might get out of bounds. Landing the plane should be easy if you’re not aiming for the elite challenge. Just land the plane to the middle of Trevor’s airport and open the door using 'right' on your D-pad. If you’re trying for the elite challenge, I suggest you try landing the plane on the main road leading to the prison gate, just before they’re about to exit. After everyone is on board, take off. Fly straight to lose the police helis, turn left and right but don’t climb too much because that will keep the trailing choppers on you. Demolition should help out. Once you lose the cops' sight, do not get them on you again, cause this can trip the ‘infinite cop glitch’ where you can’t lose the cops. So do your best to avoid the choppers, use your radar! The best pilot in the crew, with the best flying skill should be handling this role. If you get caught with the infinite cop glitch, restart by destroying the demolition chopper on land (if you’re doing the criminal mastermind challenge).
The demolition
So easy, just don’t mess up. Do the part with the bus, just like you’re asked to. If the pilot wants you to stay away from the jets, do so. If not, take them down. Predict their movement to stay with them and fire projectiles. Watch out for friendly collision. Use your radar. Try to take down the choppers and cars trailing the armored van from the prison during the extraction. Don’t get to close to the prison on low attitude, homing missiles! Don’t get the cops back on the plane once he’s losing them. Shoot the choppers trailing the plane, but don’t shoot the incoming. Don’t chop off anybody’s head when landing on the beach.
The Prisoner
Stay alive! Eats snacks, stay in cover and put on extra armor. If you want to engage, you might wanna go to the gun store on your way to the prison and buy any gun (the timer for the elite challenge starts once you’re inside the prison). This will give you all your guns. Otherwise, do some shooting but do not go ahead of your partner and don’t focus on killing, but on surviving. That is, unless you’re going for the elite challenge. In that case, keep your interaction menu open at all times, set on snacks, eat snacks, shoot like a badass and jump instead of running to save time and aim for headshots. Whoever is in the back of the armored van, do not open your door. Get in the plane quickly, don’t worry they won’t shoot you on your way there, if the van’s parked reasonably close to the plane.
The Prison Guard
After you exit the bus inside the prison, shotgun the first two guards, rifle the third one on the far end. Shoot the one overhead, before you climb. When you climb and turn the first corner, shoot the one running on the rooftops. I suggest using snacks all the way. There’s no cover until you clear the first checkpoint downstairs. Use your radar to know where the enemies are. Aim for headshots. Once you’re down, you can continue using snacks and jumping, making headshots, as that will be the fastest way to get through. If you’re looking for safety, take cover, take your time. Once you’re out, drive to the plane. If the plane’s on the airstrip, just turn left, after the exit, go along the dirt road and across the main road to get to the field. The faster you do this, the less heat you will have once you get there. Look out for stones, fences trees, holes. Whoever is in the back of the armored van, do not open your door. Get in the plane quickly, don’t worry they won’t shoot you on your way there, if the van’s parked reasonably close to the plane.
If you're aiming for the elite challenge, you need to be very fast and efficient inside the prison and the pilot should park the plane on the main road outside the prison, so that's where you need to be.