GTA 5 trophy guide (PS3, PS4, and PS5)

While the GTA 5 trophy guide has been discussed for the past decade, many PlayStation players still find it difficult to fully grasp it. Rockstar Games added a lot of trophies for PS3, PS4, and PS5 versions of Grand Theft Auto 5, allowing achievement hunters to stay invested in the game for quite some time. However, unlocking each of them without knowing exactly what to do will take a lot of time.

That's why a complete GTA 5 trophy guide is required to unlock each achievement as quickly as possible. Keep in mind that the achievements are the same across all PlayStation platforms, i.e., PS3, PS4, and PS5. That said, this article will serve all PlayStation users who are looking to unlock every possible achievement available for GTA 5.

Note: The GTA 5 trophy guide suggests not to use cheat codes in the story mode as it may prevent unlocking certain achievements in the game. The article only focuses on the base game trophies.

GTA 5 trophy guide: Complete list of all achievements for PS5, PS4, and PS3 users

A picture of Los Santos (Image via Rockstar Games)

Before diving into the detailed GTA 5 trophy guide, here is a complete list of all available achievements to unlock on PS5, PS4, or PS3:

Welcome to Los Santos
A Friendship Resurrected
A Fair Day's Play
The Moment of Truth
Diamond Hard
Subversive
Blitzed
Small Town, Big Job
All's Fare in Love and War
The Government Gimps
TP Industries Arms Race
Waste Management
Red Mist
Kifflom!
Three Man Army
Altruist Acolyte
Wanted: Alive or Alive
From Beyond the Stars
A Mystery, Solved
Show Off
Close Shave
To Live or Die in Los Santos
The Big One!
Solid Gold, Baby!
Career Criminal
San Andreas Sightseer
Multi-Disciplined
Out of Your Depth
A Lot of Cheddar
Trading Pure Alpha
Pimp My Sidearm
Los Santos Customs
A New Perspective (only for PS4 and PS5 players)
Off the Plane
Three-Bit Gangster
The Midnight Club
Unnatural Selection
Backseat Driver
Run Like The Wind
Clean Sweep
Stick Up Kid
Enjoy Your Stay
Crew Cut
Full Refund
Dialling Digits
American Dream
Los Santos Legend
Making Moves
Above the Law
Numero Uno
Decorated

GTA 5 trophy guide: Some useful tips or things to know before starting the achievement-hunting journey

Create a Rockstar Games Social Club account to help you check your progress. It will also give access to an Interactive Map, helping you to collect everything available in the game.

After failing a mission three times, you may see an option to skip some parts of it. Do not skip any of the missions as it may not give you the related trophy. Always restart the mission from the beginning if you fail it.

Moreover, there are three possible endings for the game, and each selection will prevent you from unlocking several trophies:

Ending A - 5 trophies
Ending B - 2 trophies
Ending C - 2 trophies

It is recommended to have an extra save game file before choosing an ending to unlock each trophy as quickly as possible without playing the whole game again.

GTA 5 trophy guide: Achievements 1 to 11 (Easy Ones)

Welcome to Los Santos: Unlocked after completing the "Franklin and Lamar" mission
A Friendship Resurrected: Unlocked after completing the "Fame or Shame" mission
A Fair Day's Pay: Unlocked after completing the "Caida Libre" mission given by Martin Madrazo
The Moment of Truth: Unlocked after completing the "Bury the hatchet" mission
To Live or Die in Los Santos: Unlocked after completing the final mission of the main story. It is recommended to choose Ending C
Diamond Hard: Unlocked after you complete the first heist of the game
Subversive: Unlocked after completing the second heist in the game
Blitzed: Unlocked after completing the third heist of the game
Small Town, Big Job: Unlocked after you complete the fourth heist in the game
The Government Gimps: Unlocked after completing the next heist in the game
The Big One!: Unlocked once you complete the final big heist of the game

Also Read: GTA 5 Heist Guide

GTA 5 trophy guide #12: Solid Gold, Baby!

The next achievement requires a bit of time to be invested in the world of Los Santos. This trophy gets unlocked after you get 70 gold medals on Missions, Strangers, and Freaks. You should note that there are a total of 120 possible gold medals in Grand Theft Auto 5, out of which 74 can be earned through main story missions and the rest 46 through Strangers and Freaks missions.

Four gold medals are pretty easy to obtain: Complete Prologue and three optional family missions that are triggered via phone calls. It's recommended not to decline any calls to make sure you don't miss out on these missions.

Additionally, not all requirements are necessary to get gold medals, so you can target gold ones from the Mission Replay option. Here's to how to check the gold medal requirements once you finished a mission:

Press Pause
Scroll to the Game tab
Select Replay Mission or Strangers and Freaks

Pro tip - Try to collect as many gold medals from Strangers and Freaks missions as they are usually shorter and easy to complete.

GTA 5 trophy guide #13: Career Criminal

A promotional picture of the game featuring Michael De Santa (Image via Rockstar Games)

This achievement gets rewarded after attaining 100% completion of the story mode. Here's a brief list of things you must complete to get this trophy:

a) Finish all main 69 story missions

b) Finish all 20 Strangers & Freaks missions of Franklin Clinton, including:

5 missions from Tonya
1 mission from Hao
4 missions from Beverly
1 mission post-collecting all letter scraps
2 missions from Barry
1 mission from Mary-Ann
2 missions from Omega
4 missions from Dom

c) Finish 42 pastime activities and hobbies, including:

6x win 3 medals at the shooting range for all weapon classes
5x win 1 medal in all street races
6x win 1 medal in all off-road races
4x win 1 medal in all sea-races
12x win 1 medal in all flight-school tests
3x win 1 medal in triathlon
1x complete each base jump
1x win a Tennis match
1x complete each helicopter jump
1x win a Darts round
1x finish Golf course at even or below the par
1x get a private dance in the strip club (Vanilla Unicorn)

d) 16 activities (miscellaneous):

Buy 5 properties
Buy 1 car from in-game internet
Collect all letter scraps (50 in total)
Collect all spaceship parts (50 in total)
Walk and play Fetch with Franklin's Chop
Get a stripper's private invitation
Use a prostitute's services
Rob a store in Los Santos or Blaine County
Fly under 25 out of 30 bridges
Do 8 out of 15 Knife Flights
Complete 25 out of 50 Monster-Stunt-Jumps
Go alone to the Cinema
Go to the Cinema with a friend
Go to a bar with a friend
Play a game of Darts with a friend
Visit the Vanilla Unicorn once with a friend

e) Complete 14 out of 60 random encounters in the open world

GTA 5 trophy guide #14: San Andreas Sightseer

This is one of the easiest yet challenging trophies to unlock without knowing how to complete it. It requires you to explore 95% of the map's landmass either by foot, boat, car, or aircraft. The best way to complete this objective is to get an aircraft and roam throughout the map, even on the off-shore or ocean areas. There are even some small rock-island groups on the east side of the map.

GTA 5 trophy guide #15: All's Fare in Love and War

This achievement can only be completed by Franklin as it requires you to buy the Downtown Cab Co. and complete a private fare. The property costs around $200,000, which can easily be arranged before even completing the main story.

GTA 5 trophy guide #16: TP Industries Arms Race

This particular achievement can only be unlocked by Trevor as it requires you to buy the McKenzie Field Hangar and win the arms race, consisting of five land races and five air races. The property can be purchased for $150,000 after completing The Nervous Ron mission. To get this trophy quickly, it's recommended to do one landrace after every air race.

GTA 5 trophy guide #17: Multi-Disciplined

This trophy gets unlocked after you win a gold medal in the following six activities:

Triathlon
Single Shooting Range at Ammu-Nation
Sea Race
Flight School-Lesson
Off-road Race
Street Race (can be done by Franklin only)

GTA 5 trophy guide #18: From Beyond the Stars

This achievement requires you to collect and return all Spaceship Parts, making it one of the most challenging ones if you don't know where to look for them. You must use the Rockstar Games Social Club, where you can find an interactive map showing you all the locations you need to visit.

Keep in mind the mission starts and ends with Franklin regardless if Michael or Trevor also collects some parts.

GTA 5 trophy guide #19: A Mystery, Solved

This particular trophy gets unlocked after solving the mystery of Leonora Johnson which requires collecting all Letter Scraps. Again, it is recommended to use the Rockstar Games Social Club website to check all the locations you must visit to complete the objective as Franklin.

GTA 5 trophy guide #20: Waste Management

This achievement is unlocked by purchasing the old dock and collecting all nuclear waste. You can buy the property from either Trevor or Michael for a price of $250,000 after completing the second heist.

GTA 5 trophy guide #21: Red Mist

You must complete all Rampages available when playing as Trevor.

GTA 5 trophy guide #22: Show Off

To unlock this achievement, complete all Stunt Jumps in the story mode. It is highly recommended to use Franklin for this mission.

GTA 5 trophy guide #23: Kifflom!

This is one of the trophies that can only be unlocked as Michael in Grand Theft Auto 5. Complete the following stranger missions in the story mode:

Seeking the Truth - Can be started after completing the evaluation test on www.epsilonprogram.com
Accepting the Truth - Involves a cut-scene with Marnie and $5,000 will be required to unlock the next mission
Assuming the Truth - Tasks players with stealing five different cars
Bearing the Truth - Requires a certain robe costing $25,000 to be worn by Michael for ten in-game days
Delivering the Truth - Tasks players to fly to Sandy Shores Airport in a plane
Exercising the Truth - Requires players to run five miles through the desert
Unknowing the Truth - Gives two choices to players, both acceptable to unlock the trophy

GTA 5 trophy guide #24: Three Man Army

To get this trophy, players must survive three minutes on a minimum of 3-star Wanted Level. Keep in mind that all three protagonists must be available at the same time. Simply call the other two characters to hang out when off-mission but before completing the story mode.

The best place to do this is the Los Santos International Airport (LSIA).

GTA 5 trophy guide #25: Out of Your Depth

To unlock this, you must dive into the ocean via a boat or chopper, go deeper into the water, and let a shark eat you.

GTA 5 trophy guide #26: Altruist Acolyte

A promotional picture of the game featuring Trevor Philips (Image via Rockstar Games)

This can only be unlocked by Trevor after completing the Mr. Philips mission. Players will find 14 different NPCs scattered across the map who need a ride. You must let them get in your vehicle and drive them to a camp located in the south of Mount Chiliad.

GTA 5 trophy guide #27: A Lot of Cheddar

This trophy will require spending a total of $200 million across all three protagonists. The best way would be to use a GTA 5 Stock Market guide and earn enough money from Lester’s Assassination Missions.

GTA 5 trophy guide #28: Trading Pure Alpha

For this trophy, you must earn profit from investing in the stock market. Again, it is highly recommended to use the GTA V Stock Market Guide for better results.

Also Check: GTA 5 money guide

GTA 5 trophy guide #29: Pimp My Sidearm

This trophy gets rewarded when you fully mod a weapon in either story mode or online mode.

GTA 5 trophy guide #30: Wanted Alive or Alive

Accessibly only while playing as Trevor, you must hand over one suspect alive to Maude in her bounty-hunting tasks.

GTA 5 trophy guide #31: Los Santos Customs

To get this achievement, simply drive a Wenny Issi into LS Customs and fully customize it.

GTA 5 trophy guide #32: Close Shave

This will require you to fly under 50 different bridges and 15 building gaps scattered throughout the map. It is recommended to use a Buzzard Chopper for the same.

GTA 5 trophy guide: Multiplayer only (Grand Theft Auto Online)

A promotional picture of Grand Theft Auto Online (Image via Rockstar Games)

The following is a list of trophies #33 to #44:

Off the Plane: Simply start the Grand Theft Auto Online and complete the tutorial.
Three-Bit Gangster: Reach Rank 25 in online multiplayer.
Making Moves: Reach Rank 50 in online multiplayer.
Above the Law: Reach Rank 100 in online multiplayer.
Numero Uno: Win against other players online in 16 overall activities, including Arm Wrestling, Shooting Range, Tennis, Golf, Parachuting, Darts, all types of races, Deathmatch, Gang-Attack, Team Deathmatch, and Survival.
The Midnight Club: Win 5 different races with one of your modded cars from LS Customs.
Unnatural Selection: Complete 10 waves of a Survival game mode. It is recommended to choose the Boneyard map.
Backseat Driver: Compete in rally mode, direct the driver (another player), and win the race as co-driver.
Run Like The Wind: Survive for 48 real-life minutes in an online lobby after somebody puts a bounty on you.
Clean Sweep: Finish a Gang Attack (red circle on the map) without dying but killing at least 10 enemies.
Decorated: Get 30 Platinum Awards in online multiplayer. Some of the easiest Platinum Awards can be acquired just by getting hairstyles, clothes, tattoos, and lap dances.
Stick Up Kid: Rob 20 different stores in Grand Theft Auto Online.

Also Check: GTA Online Nightclub Guide

GTA 5 trophy guide #45: Enjoy Your Stay

Complete the following activities in Grand Theft Auto Online:

Hairstyle change
New tattoo
New clothes
Get a lap-dance
Rob a store
Shooting Range
Arm-Wrestling
Darts
Tennis
Golf

GTA 5 trophy guide #46: Crew Cut

Create or join a crew of at least two members in the Rockstar Games Social Club and complete a race.

GTA 5 trophy guide #47: Full Refund

This will require you to kill the thief who mugged you in an online lobby. It will only work if you have at least $1,000 in cash.

GTA 5 trophy guide #48: Dialling Digits

When you reach Rank 20 in the online multiplayer, call Merryweaher and ask for backup by paying a sum of $5,000.

GTA 5 trophy guide #49: American Dream

This will require you to own an apartment, a garage, and an insured vehicle.

GTA 5 trophy guide #50: A New Perspective (not available on PS3 and Xbox 360 versions)

Simply play the game in first-person mode for 15 hours in total.

GTA 5 trophy guide #51: Los Santos Legend

Get all the trophies mentioned above in the article.

Also Check: GTA 5 parents guide

Edited by Adarsh J Kumar