GTA 6 Robberies & Heists: Stealth, Safes and Getaways

In GTA 5, holding up a store was an afterthought: point a gun, take the money, get a wanted level. In GTA 6, even a gas station robbery is a small heist with planning, choices and consequences — every little job has masses of flexibility.

Two ways in

Loud

Bust through the front door, terrorise staff and customers, grab the register and run. Fast, but you'll generate maximum heat: faces, clothes, weapon, CCTV — the works.

Quiet

Slower and more professional, with a bigger payout. One behind-closed-doors demo walked through a stealth gas-station job:

1. Find the back door instead of using the front.
2. Disable the alarm.
3. Avoid the CCTV cameras.
4. Choose the prize: the cash in the register, or the larger amount in a hidden safe.
5. Get the safe code. Ask the staff "nicely," or search the back rooms for where someone wrote it down.
6. Leave unseen — no shots fired, no heat.

Done this way, you buy time to secure a bigger bag and get away clean.

Planning checklist

• Case it. Find the cameras, the back entrance, the alarm panel and the number of people inside.
• Mask up. Masks keep your face out of the heat icons.
• Conceal your weapon. Lucia hides her pistol behind her bag as she walks in. A visible rifle gets attention before you've done anything.
• Bring the right gun. Leave the weapon you care about in the trunk — any gun used in the crime becomes evidence.
• Stage the getaway. Park your car nearby, with clothes to change into.

How people react

NPCs don't all do the same thing:

• The clerk might hand over the money.
• Some customers comply; others wait for you to turn your back and rush you.
• A customer might try to play the hero — or pull a gun.
• Someone may call the police.
• Aiming at someone isn't a violent crime; firing is, and shooting someone is worse. A warning shot and a headshot get very different responses.

After the job

• Hollow stars mean they don't know it's you — walk away calmly and hide your gun.
• Split up if you're a pair.
• Change clothes and car to clear icons.
• Bank the cash at an ATM; stash or fence the goods.

Bigger scores

• Jewellery stores — big payouts in stolen goods that need a fence.
• Liquor stores and diners — Trailer 1 ends with a liquor-store hold-up in Port Gellhorn; the extended look includes a diner robbery.
• Banks — Raul Bautista's speciality. "Friday morning, bank robbery."
• Vault jobs — the launch art shows the pair in tactical gear in a vault; Trailer 2 has a car dragging a safe through the streets.
• The PTT Youngin$ compound — an Ultimate Edition raid in Southside Vice City.

Story robberies are open-ended

Rockstar is giving story missions more freedom too. Some jobs are less scripted, and when you need to raise money for the next mission, you decide what to rob and how. Police escapes during missions let you take any route.