GTA 5 Trophy Guide & Achievements: All Trophies – GameTree

GTA V Trophy Guide: Complete List & How to Unlock All Trophies

Playing Grand Theft Auto V, you master every corner of Rockstar’s vast world. In the heart of pure chaos on the streets of Los Santos, you can hunt for collectible items, try to survive in the online mayhem, or aim for that very platinum trophy — this guide is just for you to unlock all trophies and all GTA 5 achievements.

For 100% completion — get ready for a long journey that covers story missions, side quests, collectible items, and quite a bit of time spent in GTA Online. We’ve prepared a step-by-step roadmap, along with tips and hints for the toughest trophies to help you save time and nerves.

GTA 5 Trophy Guide Roadmap: How to Get All Achievements & the Platinum Trophy

Difficulty: 8.5/10

Estimated time to Platinum: 150– 200+ hours

Trophies: 78. Platinum 1 / Gold 3 / Silver 15 / Bronze 59Missable trophies: 🏆 All’s Fare in Love and War — Bronze, 🏆 Altruist Acolyte — Bronze, 🏆 Kifflom! — Silver, 🏆 Red Mist — Bronze, 🏆 TP Industries Arms Race — Bronze, 🏆 Three Man Army — Bronze, 🏆 Wanted: Alive or Alive — Bronze

Stage 1: Complete the Story Mode Missions

Your first mission will be — to complete the entire story. The story begins with completing missions for the three main characters: Michael, Franklin, and Trevor. By completing their missions one by one, you unlock the main trophies:

🏆 Welcome to Los Santos (Bronze) — complete the first mission Franklin and Lamar

🏆 A Friendship Resurrected (Bronze) — complete Fame or Shame

🏆 The Moment of Truth (Bronze) — finish Bury the Hatchet

🏆 To Live or Die in Los Santos (Silver) — final mission (choose option C “Deathwish” — otherwise you’ll miss trophies)
🏆 The Big One! (Silver) — complete the final heist

Pro tip: Until you finish the story, don’t do Lester’s assassination missions (except the first one). Using these missions after the story, you can earn billions on the stock market and they’ll also be needed for money-related trophies. 

The story takes about 25–30 hours to complete. Along the way, you’ll also get trophies for the heists:

🏆 Diamond Hard (Bronze) — The Jewel Store Job

🏆 Small Town, Big Job (Bronze) — The Paleto Score

Stage 2: Side Missions, Properties & Strangers

After completing the story, it’s the perfect time to explore Los Santos in more detail. Now let’s move on to side missions, property purchases, and Strangers and Freaks quests.

🏆 All’s Fare in Love and War (Bronze) — buy the Downtown Cab Co. for $200,000 and deliver one client

🏆 TP Industries Arms Race (Bronze) — buy the McKenzie Field Hangar for $150,000 and win an arms race

🏆 Kifflom! (Silver) — complete all Epsilon Program missions — they’re strange, expensive, and long

🏆 Wanted: Alive or Alive (Bronze) — capture a criminal alive

🏆 Red Mist (Bronze) — complete all 5 Rampages as Trevor

Strangers and Freaks missions add humor, and some of them are also required for getting the platinum in GTA 5. The Epsilon Program stands out especially — forcing the character to walk for 10 in-game days wearing blue clothes. But for the trophy — it’s worth the effort.

Stage 3: Collectibles Required for the GTA V 100% Checklist

Now begins the real grind for every trophy hunter. In GTA 5, hundreds of collectible items are scattered across the map, and most of them need to be found to get the trophy for 100% completion.

 What you need to collect:

🏆 From Beyond the Stars (Bronze) — 50 spaceship parts

🏆 A Mystery, Solved (Bronze) — 50 letter scraps

 🏆 Waste Management (Bronze) — 30 nuclear waste barrels

 🏆 Show Off (Bronze) — 50 stunt jumps

 🏆 Close Shave (Bronze) —  50 under the bridges and 15 “knife flights”

Pro tip: Buy a helicopter right away — the Buzzard Attack Chopper ($2,000,000) is the best choice, as it makes it easier to find spaceship parts and letters.
To collect nuclear waste, buy the Sonar Collections Dock ($250,000) — it comes with a submarine. Collecting all items will take around 10–15 hours.

Stage 4: GTA Online Trophies

The online mode is a separate universe. Here you need to reach level 100, complete heists, win in different modes, and participate in a bunch of activities. This stage takes about 50 hours in total. 

Online trophies:

 🏆 Above the Law (Gold) — reach rank 100

 🏆 Numero Uno (Silver) — take first place in all competitive game modes

 🏆 Decorated (Silver) — earn 30 platinum awards

 🏆 Enjoy Your Stay (Bronze) — try all types of activities in Los Santos

 🏆 Unnatural Selection (Bronze) — survive all 10 waves in Survival mode

Pro tip: 

• Do contact missions and don’t rush to finish them — wait 15 minutes to get more RP.
• Play events with double or triple RP — they happen every week.
•  From level 15, start doing daily objectives — they give a lot of RP.
•  Use the Special Cargo method: buy a crate for $2,000, deliver it — get 5,000 RP, then sell for 7,500 RP.
•  The online part may seem difficult, especially if you’re a beginner. GTA Online has changed a lot since 2013. Focus on earning RP, not money. The money will come naturally once you level up.

Stage 5: Platinum Unlock & Requirements

To earn the coveted GTA 5 platinum trophy — Los Santos Legend — you’ll have to:

• Complete the entire main story (with the correct ending)
• Get 70 gold medals in missions and Strangers and Freaks tasks
• Reach 100% game completion
• Unlock all online trophies, including rank 100
• Finish all collectible quests
• Participate in all activities the game has to offer.

The platinum trophy Los Santos Legend is held by only about 4.95% of players on PlayStation — it’s considered very rare and prestigious among trophy hunters.

 On average, you’ll need 150+ hours.

Extra Tools for Tracking GTA 5 Trophies & Achievements

Tracking progress in GTA 5 can be tricky — you need to keep in mind the story, collectibles, and also online achievements. For example, the standard tracker on PlayStation only shows the overall percentage but doesn’t help you keep track of what’s already done and what’s still left. This is where Lobby9 can help — a gaming platform where you can gather all your achievements from different systems (PlayStation, Xbox, Steam) in one place. It shows your overall game progress, lets you mark missing trophies, and also helps you find like-minded players. The site also has sections with guides. You can create your own profile to see all your achievements in one place.

Such tools aren’t mandatory for platinum, but they can make your life easier and save you time. The long road to the GTA 5 100 checklist will become even more fun and smoother.

GTA 5 Hidden & Secret Achievements: What Are They and How to Unlock

GTA 5 hidden trophies are those whose conditions are not shown until you unlock them. They are usually related to the story and are hidden on purpose to avoid spoilers. But knowing them in advance can help you avoid mistakes — choosing the wrong option in certain missions may cause you to miss a trophy. Let’s take a look at the GTA 5 hidden trophies and what needs to be done to unlock them. 

List of All Hidden & Secret Trophies in GTA 5

🏆 The Moment of Truth (Bronze) — Discover the truth about Brad. Complete the mission “Bury the Hatchet”, where Trevor digs up Michael’s grave and finds Brad’s body.

🏆 To Live or Die in Los Santos (Silver) — Complete the final mission. The trophy unlocks regardless of your chosen ending, but to avoid missing other trophies, choose option C — “Deathwish”.

🏆 Three Man Army (Bronze) — Survive for 3 minutes with a 3-star wanted level or higher while controlling all three characters outside of missions. Call Michael and Trevor (or Franklin) to hang out and cause chaos, for example, at the airport runway.

🏆 Altruist Acolyte (Bronze) — Deliver a hitchhiker to the Altruist Cult Camp. Available only when playing as Trevor after the mission “Nervous Ron”.

🏆 Kifflom! (Silver) — Complete the entire Epsilon Program questline. Take the online test, donate $50,000, wear blue clothes for 10 in-game days, and finally decide whether to accept their “gift” or steal the money.

These hidden trophies aren’t very difficult — they’re just hidden to avoid revealing story details too early. The only trophy that can be permanently missed is “Altruist Acolyte”, if you destroy the Altruist Cult during an optional mission as Trevor.

Which GTA 5 Trophies Are Missable

To avoid making the wrong choice and missing the right moment, pay attention to:

🏆 To Live or Die in Los Santos — make sure to choose option C “Deathwish” at the end of the story.
If you choose option A or B, one of the main characters will die, and you won’t be able to get other trophies related to them.

🏆 Altruist Acolyte — if you complete the event “Altruist Shootout” (it triggers after delivering 4 victims), the cult will become hostile, and you won’t be able to bring people to their camp for the trophy anymore.

🏆 Kifflom! — all Epsilon Program missions must be completed strictly in order.
If you skip donations or don’t wear the clothes for 10 in-game days in a row, you’ll have to start over from a new save.

🏆 Red Mist — all 5 Rampages must be completed as Trevor.
They appear only after the mission “Trevor Phillips Industries.” Can be missed, so pay attention to the skull icons on the map.

🏆 TP Industries Arms Race — you need to buy the McKenzie Field Hangar and complete all 10 smuggling missions (5 on land and 5 in the air).

🏆 Wanted: Alive or Alive — at least one bounty target must be delivered alive.
If you kill all four, the trophy will become unavailable.

🏆 Three Man Army — can only be done after the mission “Fame or Shame,” when all three characters have met.
Impossible to complete if you killed Michael or Trevor in the finale.

Pro tip: Always choose option C (“Deathwish”) at the end of the game. This way all three characters will stay alive, and you won’t have to replay the game for missed trophies. 

How to Get the GTA 5 Platinum Trophy: Full Step-by-Step Guide

In this section, we’ll take a detailed look at what exactly is required, how much time it will take, and how to make the path to platinum easier.

What You Need for Platinum in GTA V (Story + Online)

To unlock Los Santos Legend, you need every single trophy in the base game and all DLC trophy packs (if applicable to your version). Here’s the breakdown:

Story Mode Requirements:

• Complete all 79 missions with the correct ending — choose option C (“Deathwish”).
• Earn 70 gold medals in Strangers and Freaks missions.
• 100% game completion (story, side missions, hobbies, collectibles).
  

Collect:

• 50 spaceship parts
• 50 letter scraps
• 30 nuclear waste barrels
• 50 stunt jumps
• 50 under the bridges
• 15 knife flights (aerial stunts)
  

Buy: taxi company, hangar
Complete all chains: Epsilon Program, Bail Bonds, Rampages, Arms Races

GTA Online Requirements:

• Reach Rank 100 (requires 1,584,350 RP)
• Win first place in all competitive game modes (races, deathmatches, survival, etc.)
• Earn 30 Platinum Awards
• Complete the tutorial mission
• Rob all 20 convenience stores
• Own an apartment, garage, and insured vehicle
• Participate in every activity (golf, tennis, darts, tattoos, haircuts, etc.)

 Estimated Time, Difficulty & Strategy Tips

Time Estimate:

Story Mode: about 75 hours (getting gold medals, 100% completion)
GTA Online: about 75 hours (rank 100 + competitive quests)
Total: about 150 hours if you play purposefully and without mistakes.
But most players spend 200+ hours.

Most difficult moments:

• Get 70 gold medals (replaying missions and completing specific conditions)
  
• Survive 10 waves in Survival mode (easier with a team)
  
• Win in all competitive modes (depends on opponents)

Essential Strategy Tips:

1. Don’t do Lester’s assassination missions until after finishing the story. (You can earn over $2 billion from the stock market afterward — enough for all money-related trophies.)
   
2. Use Franklin’s ability more often. (His driving slowdown helps perform stunts without crashes and get gold medals in missions.)
   
3. In GTA Online, don’t rush to finish contact missions. (Wait about 15 minutes to earn the maximum XP.)
   
4. Play during double or triple RP weeks. (Check updates on Rockstar Newswire.)
   

5. Don’t attempt the Criminal Mastermind challenge until you’ve mastered heists.

How Many People Have the GTA 5 Platinum Trophy?

 According to the latest data, only 4.95% of players on PlayStation have earned the platinum trophy Los Santos Legend in GTA 5. This is an ultra-rare achievement and one of the most respected among trophy hunters.

 The low percentage is explained by the fact that it takes a lot of time — most players only complete the story and quit the game without collecting items or playing GTA 5 Online.     Those who still manage to earn the platinum are among the most persistent and determined players who truly conquered Los Santos.

All GTA 5 Achievements: PS4, PS5, Xbox & Steam Differences

In GTA 5, the list of trophies and achievements is almost the same on PlayStation, Xbox and Steam, but each platform has a couple of small differences.

PlayStation (PS4 / PS5)
In GTA 5, the trophy list is completely identical between the PS4 and PS5 versions, but on PS5 the game loads much faster, which is much more convenient when searching for collectibles and replaying missions. In addition, the PS5 version runs more stable and smoother in online mode.

Xbox (One / Series X|S) Steam (PC)
The names and conditions of achievements are the same as on PlayStation.
Sometimes Xbox has errors with counting collectible items, but the latest updates have almost fixed everything. 

 Steam (PC) Main difference
Achievements on PC are the same as on consoles. But players can use mods that can make the grind easier (not recommended if you want to get trophies fairly). Loading from SSD is the fastest, and for GTA 5 online it’s easier to coordinate through Discord and gaming communities. 

Main difference: 

The trophy “A New Perspective” (play 15 hours in first-person mode) exists only on versions for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X|S and PC.
On PS3 and Xbox 360 it is not available, because the first-person mode was added only in the Enhanced Edition.