GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide

Breaking into the Bolingbroke Penitentiary is a tough job. Therefore, this GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide will help you understand how the gameplay works and how you can effectively complete it. Prison Break is the second heist that you can do from your apartment. Rockstar Games added it with the Grand Theft Auto Online: Heists DLC update in March 2015.

It is one of the best heists for new players to learn how to play co-op missions with multiple players. The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide will go through all the setup missions and other important things that every player should know about the heist.

Note: Some parts of this GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide are subjective and only reflect the writer’s opinions.

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GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide: A brief overview of the entire heist

The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide will help you plan the popular mission better (Image via Rockstar Games)

To unlock the Prison Break Heist, all Grand Theft Auto Online players must complete The Fleeca Job Heist first. It is one of the Apartment heists, and you will need either a medium-range or a top-range Apartment to host/start the Prison Break mission. Moreover, your character must reach level 12 to unlock the gameplay.

The main objective of the mission is to extract Professor Maxim Rashkovsky from the Bolingbroke Penitentiary and help him escape. The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide will surely help you in this regard. But first, you must know how to story of the mission unfolds.

Rockstar Games divided the gameplay into the following five missions:

1. Prison Break - Plane
2. Prison Break - Bus
3. Prison Break - Station
4. Prison Break - Wet Work
5. Finale - The Prison Break

These missions will be provided by Agent 14. However, you must first gather three other players to play the entire heist. Rockstar Games made it mandatory to have four players in the mission lobby to start the gameplay. If any of the players leave in between, the mission will automatically fail. Therefore, the GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide readers must hire some trustworthy partners.

The following are the payouts for the Prison Break Heist in Grand Theft Auto Online:

1. Easy mode: $350,000
2. Normal mode: $700,000
3. Hard mode: $875,000

However, the GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide readers must know that the money will be divided between four players, with 15% being the lowest cut for the associates.

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A brief overview of the ‘Plane’ setup mission from the Prison Break Heist in Grand Theft Auto Online

The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide readers must steal a plane for the prisoner to flee after the extraction (Image via Rockstar Games)

In this setup mission, the GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide readers will have to steal a Jobuilt Velum 5-seater plane from the McKenzie Field airport. However, Agent 14 will tell you that the plane belongs to the Los Santos Vagos and they will not let you take it easily. The mission divides the players into two teams: a Ground team (three players) and a Pilot.

The objectives of the Prison Break - Plane setup mission are as follows:

1. Go to the McKenzie Airfield airport.
2. Kill all the Los Santos Vagos members and clear the runway.
3. The pilot should steal the Jobuilt Velum 5-seater plane.
4. Deliver the plane to the Devin Weston hangar at the Los Santos International Airport.
5. The ground team should leave the McKenzie Airfield airport.

The mission is very easy and should be doable on the first try. Delivering the plane will take a few minutes as the Jobuilt Velum 5-seater is slow and the destination is far down the map. However, the plane must not be destroyed and the ground team must leave the airfield in time to avoid mission failure.

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A brief overview of the ‘Bus’ setup mission from the Prison Break Heist in Grand Theft Auto Online

The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide readers must steal a prison bus from the cops in this mission (Image via Rockstar games)

The Bus setup mission from the Prison Break Heist is one of the most notorious missions in GTA Online. The main objective of this mission is to steal a prison bus heading towards the Bolingbroke Penitentiary.

However, the vehicle is guarded by a FIB vehicle and a Police Maverick. Therefore, you must be prepared for a fight with the law enforcement. The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide advises you to do the following steps:

1. Reach the prison bus in time.
2. Kill or neutralize the bus driver to stop the vehicle.
3. Kill the FIB agents and the cops in the Police Maverick. You can blow up the vehicles.
4. Steal the prison bus and escape the three-star wanted level.
5. Deliver the bus to the drop-off point (a scrapyard near Sandy Shores).

While you can blow up the FIB car and the Police Maverick, the GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide advises you to take utmost caution while dealing with the bus. The vehicle is considerably fragile and if you damage it at any time during the mission, you will have to restart the entire process. Evading the cops while driving the bus is the most difficult part. Therefore, make your escape plan carefully.

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A brief overview of the ‘Station’ setup mission from the Prison Break Heist in Grand Theft Auto Online

The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide readers must accomplish two things at once in this mission (Image via Rockstar Games)

This setup mission again divides the four players into two teams: the Cop Station team and the Cargo Ship team. Both teams will have to work simultaneously at different locations to complete the setup. The following are the mission objectives for the Cop Station team:

1. Steal a Vapid Police Cruiser. You can commit crimes to spawn the cops or call 911 in-game.
2. Lose the wanted level(s) after stealing the Vapid Police Cruiser.
3. Go to the Mission Row Police Station.
4. Steal a prisoner transfer schedule from the marked room inside the Mission Row Police Station.
5. Get back to the Police Cruiser and drive to the underpass near Lester's Warehouse in Murrieta Heights.
6. Destroy the Vapid Police Cruiser using the provided Jerry Cans or any other means necessary.
7. Leave the area and deliver the prisoner transfer schedule to the host’s Apartment.

In the meantime, the Cargo Ship team will have to complete the following objectives:

1. Go to the Jetsam Terminal and locate the marked container. It contains a Lampadati Casco sports car belonging to Professor Maxim Rashkovsky.
2. Kill all the nearby enemies of the Kkangpae Korean Mob to clear the area. You will get wanted levels.
3. Go to the container and shoot the lock to break it open.
4. Drive the Lampadati Casco sports car out of the area.
5. Lose the wanted level.
6. Deliver the Lampadati Casco to the drop-off location (the same delivery location as the prison bus).

During the delivery process, the Kkangpae Korean Mob will constantly attack you with Cheval Fugitive cars. The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide advises you to resort to drive-by shooting to clear the enemies.

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A brief overview of the ‘Wet Work’ setup mission from the Prison Break Heist in GTA Online

The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide readers will have to fix some loose ends related to Professor Maxim Rashkovsky in this mission (Image via Rockstar Games)

This is the final setup mission for the Prison Break Heist in GTA Online where Agent 14 asks you to iron out some loose ends associated with Professor Maxim Rashkovsky. The four players will be divided into the following two teams:

• City Hall Team
• Mansion Team

Both teams will have to kill three targets collectively. The mission objectives for the City Hall Team are as follows:

• Go to the Los Santos City Hall and take position at the marked vantage point opposite of it.
• Wait for the lawyers (Josh Sherman and Gavin Van Der Loop) to arrive at the spot in a black Benefactor Schafter.
• Wait for both targets to step out of the vehicle.
• Once they are out, kill them at the same time with long-range weapons. The lawyers will drop a collectible (a deposition) and LSPD cops will arrive at the location.
• Kill the cops to clear your path to the collectible item.
• Collect the deposition and escape the wanted level.
• After losing the wanted level, deliver the collected item to the host’s Apartment.

At the same time, the Mansion Team will have to complete the following tasks:

• Go to the marked mansion (currently Miguel Madrazo's Mansion) in Richman Glen.
• Kill all the bodyguards surrounding the mansion without alerting the other NPCs.
• Proceed to kill Dima Popov (a business associate of Professor Maxim Rashkovsky) with silenced weapons.
• Leave the area.

You can also go loud and with full force in this mission. However, the guards will try to kill you and Dima Popov will try to escape using a vehicle. You will then have to chase him down and kill him. Therefore, the GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide advises you to take the stealthy approach.

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A brief overview of the final mission from the Prison Break Heist in Grand Theft Auto Online

The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide readers must prepare well for the final mission (Image via Rockstar Games)

It is the toughest mission in this heist as you will have to extract an NPC (Professor Maxim Rashkovsky) from a highly guarded prison without him dying. Similar to the setup missions, you will need three other players for the finale to start. Each player will be given four different roles and they will have to work collectively. The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide readers should note down the following roles:

• Prison Officer
• Prisoner
• Pilot
• Demolitions

The following are the mission objectives of the Prison Officer and the Prisoner:

1. Acquire the previously stolen prison bus and get onto it.
2. Drive to the Bolingbroke Penitentiary gate and get the permission to go inside.
3. Park the prison bus in the designated area and walk past the guards without alerting them (stealth is optional).
4. Follow the game-provided route and make your way to the marked prisoner.
5. Meet up with Professor Maxim Rashkovsky and fight your way out of the Bolingbroke Penitentiary.
6. Head towards the Sandy Shores Airfield.

The role of the pilot is one of the most crucial ones as they will have to deal with the Jobuilt Velum 5-Seater, which is notorious for being one of the weakest planes in GTA Online. These are the mission objectives of the Pilot:

1. Acquire the Jobuilt Velum 5-Seater from Los Santos International Airport.
2. Fly towards the Sandy Shores Airfield.
3. During the journey, a few Jobuilt P-996 LAZER fighter jets will try to attack you. Dodge all the attacks to protect the integrity of the Jobuilt Velum 5-Seater plane.
4. Once the Prison Officer, Prisoner, and Professor Maxim Rashkovsky reach the Sandy Shores Airfield, collect them.
5. Lose the wanted level.
6. Fly towards the drop zone so that Professor Maxim Rashkovsky takes control of the Jobuilt Velum 5-Seater and flees from the country.

The following are the mission objectives of the Demolitions team member:

1. Find the actual scheduled prison bus for the Bolingbroke Penitentiary and kill the driver.
2. Steal the prison bus and drive it to the Sandy Shores Airfield.
3. Destroy the vehicle using any explosive weapons.
4. Go to the marked Nagasaki Buzzard Attack Chopper nearby and take out both the Merryweather guards.
5. Steal the Nagasaki Buzzard Attack Chopper and head towards the Pilot flying the Velum.
6. Eliminate all the enemies after the Pilot and protect the Jobuilt Velum 5-Seater plane.
7. Keep on eliminating the enemies till the rest of the team bids farewell to Professor Maxim Rashkovsky.

Once the prisoner escapes from the State of San Andreas, all players must reunite at the marked beach. While the Demolitions member will continue to fly the Nagasaki Buzzard Attack Chopper, others will have to parachute down to the marked location. After that, everyone must get in the helicopter and fly towards Los Santos to complete the heist.

The GTA Online Prison Break Heist guide advises players not to harm Professor Maxim Rashkovsky or the Jobuilt Velum 5-Seater plane to avoid triggering fail conditions.

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