With the release of the Diamond Casino Heist update Rockstar has decided to add a variety of approaches you can choose to carry out the heist itself. The heist update is one of the most complex and content filled updates ever delivered, particularly when you take into account the heist itself.
Although heists aren't a great way to make money in GTA Online, there's still a reason to do them: You'll get bragging rights from an incredibly difficult completion bonus called Criminal Mastermind. It's not easy, but do it right and you'll net yourself a cool $10 million.
If you're looking to heist smarter, not harder, we've got some insights on how to do it.
GTA Online Criminal Mastermind guide: You'll need some friends
Specifically, you'll need friends who are just as wild as you are to even think about completing this challenge.
According to IGN, you'll need to follow these simple rules to complete this challenge and net the $10 million bonus: You have to beat all the heists, including the prep missions, in order, on hard and with the same teammates. And no one can die.
This means you'll not only need to be very good at the game, you'll also have to know three other people who are just as good and who haven't already gotten this bonus — you can only get it once.
If you're going to try and give this a go, this is the order you'll have to go in, according to IGN: the Fleeca Job, the Prison Break, the Humane Labs Raid, Series-A Funding and finally the Pacific Standard Job.
GTA Online Criminal Mastermind guide: The Fleeca Job can be an early stumbling block for players
Crashes and bad luck, too.
Heist-savvy GTA Online players might be noticing something about requirements for the Criminal Mastermind: The Fleeca Job is a two-person heist, but the rest require four players. According to the Rockstar Support Forums, this means you'll have to do the Fleeca Job in pairs and join up beginning with the Prison Break. The easiest way to do this is to set up a private lobby with your other teammates only, which will reduce loading times.
A GameFAQs user named Neo_Ledah has shared a helpful guide for anyone trying to complete the challenge. One of the things they advise is constantly checking your progress: Go into the 'Heists' portion of the Awards tab in your pause menu and make sure the challenge is counting up correctly. When you and your teammates reach the Prison Break mission, your counter should say 3/26. If it doesn't, you'll have to start over from the Fleeca Job.
According to Neo_Ledah, you could still pull out a win even if a player's award counter glitches out. If you finish the challenge and everyone but the person with the glitched counter gets the award, go back and redo the Fleeca Job and the Prison Break with the same team. The person with the glitch should get the $10 million after finishing the finale of the Prison Break and completing the challenge.
It's going to be tough, but if you can round up three adrenaline junkies as foolhardy as you are, you might stand a chance.
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Although heists aren't a great way to make money in GTA Online, there's still a reason to do them: You'll get bragging rights from an incredibly difficult completion bonus called Criminal Mastermind. It's not easy, but do it right and you'll net yourself a cool $10 million.
If you're looking to heist smarter, not harder, we've got some insights on how to do it.
GTA Online Criminal Mastermind guide: You'll need some friends
Specifically, you'll need friends who are just as wild as you are to even think about completing this challenge.
According to IGN, you'll need to follow these simple rules to complete this challenge and net the $10 million bonus: You have to beat all the heists, including the prep missions, in order, on hard and with the same teammates. And no one can die.
This means you'll not only need to be very good at the game, you'll also have to know three other people who are just as good and who haven't already gotten this bonus — you can only get it once.
If you're going to try and give this a go, this is the order you'll have to go in, according to IGN: the Fleeca Job, the Prison Break, the Humane Labs Raid, Series-A Funding and finally the Pacific Standard Job.
GTA Online Criminal Mastermind guide: The Fleeca Job can be an early stumbling block for players
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Crashes and bad luck, too.
Heist-savvy GTA Online players might be noticing something about requirements for the Criminal Mastermind: The Fleeca Job is a two-person heist, but the rest require four players. According to the Rockstar Support Forums, this means you'll have to do the Fleeca Job in pairs and join up beginning with the Prison Break. The easiest way to do this is to set up a private lobby with your other teammates only, which will reduce loading times.
A GameFAQs user named Neo_Ledah has shared a helpful guide for anyone trying to complete the challenge. One of the things they advise is constantly checking your progress: Go into the 'Heists' portion of the Awards tab in your pause menu and make sure the challenge is counting up correctly. When you and your teammates reach the Prison Break mission, your counter should say 3/26. If it doesn't, you'll have to start over from the Fleeca Job.
According to Neo_Ledah, you could still pull out a win even if a player's award counter glitches out. If you finish the challenge and everyone but the person with the glitched counter gets the award, go back and redo the Fleeca Job and the Prison Break with the same team. The person with the glitch should get the $10 million after finishing the finale of the Prison Break and completing the challenge.
It's going to be tough, but if you can round up three adrenaline junkies as foolhardy as you are, you might stand a chance.
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More GTA Online tips and tricks
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Check out Mic's GTA Online guides on how to buy Shark Cards, how to get rich without buying Shark Cards, how run an auto theft ring, how to buy and sell property, how to increase your strength stat, how to treat yourself to plastic surgery and how to kill the Insurgent, one of the most powerful vehicles in GTA Online.