Can You Get Max Stats In GTA 5's Prologue?

In today's adventure within the vast and unpredictable world of GTA V, I embarked on an ambitious quest to see if it's possible to max out all stats for Michael, Franklin, and Trevor right from the very first missions. Starting off with Michael and Trevor in the cold, snowy landscape of North Yankton, I tackled the daunting task of enhancing their skills without the aid of any mods-well, except for one purely visual mod to keep track of our progress without constant interruptions. Surprisingly, Franklin doesn't make an appearance until what's technically the second mission, but his journey is just as crucial. As a longtime fan of the game, mastering every quirk and strategy to achieve this has always been a dream. This challenge was not just about patience and persistence; it became an intricate dance of strategy, involving everything from stealthy maneuvers to aggressive confrontations, all while unraveling some of GTA V's most fascinating gameplay mechanics. In pursuit of maximizing Michael's attributes, a realization struck me; despite his extensive criminal background, his starting stats were surprisingly low. But with determination, I discovered a series of exploits and game mechanics that allowed me to incrementally increase his skills. Then came Franklin, whose urban environment offered a different set of challenges and opportunities to boost his stats, particularly his driving and shooting abilities. Trevor's brute strength and flying skills demanded a unique approach, leveraging his natural talents to their fullest potential. Throughout this journey, I encountered unexpected hurdles, like avoiding police attention and navigating the treacherous waters filled with sharks-a metaphorical representation of the challenges one faces when pushing the limits of what seems possible in GTA V.
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[@ThatArab7]

I can't believe u put a comment after almost a year of the video being uploaded lol 😂

[@DimaWRHD]

@@ThatArab7I was confused asf when I looked at the comment and then at the upload date

[@ThatArab7]

@@DimaWRHD fr lol

[@jollabang9564]

I love the idea that north yankton is simply just a large ice sheet over a huge bottomless ocean which just happens to have sharks absolutely littering the area waiting for people to fall in

[@The_Sleepiest_Socialist]

That ice alien was looking for the sharks.

[@flightlessmonarch2313]

That could be an SCP

[@Kevin03341]

No wonder why Michael and Amanda wanted to gtfo

[@genzu6388]

Other places out of bounds: back rooms North Yankton:

[@weshansen7892]

I recall there being a glitch where you can literally fly there in multiplayer, its a physical location above the water

[@Regynate]

The reason why all the stats except stamina and lung capacity reset at the end is because the game stores a bunch of variables, and calculates the stats based on them. For instance, it tracks distance travelled in stealth mode and uses it to calculate the stealth stat. Also the game resets all these variables after prologue EXCEPT time spent swimming and underwater. So the lung capacity kept at 100%, and stamina kept only its swimming part, that's why it was higher than normal but not maxed out.

[@IrishmanAC]

Makes a lot of sense, they probably didn't bother resetting it because without the exploit to escape the map, you would never have a way to increase it. Interesting though that they decided they don't want players to keep any stat progress from the prologue. Thanks for helping Matt with the mod and your insight into this.

[@Regynate]

@@IrishmanAC 🫡

[@DivyanshBalchandani]

I'm more surprised that M & T from Prologue are actually the same characters as Michael & Trevor in later missions (I mean in the code, not in the story). What reason would be there to link the two, and not just have them be entirely separate?

[@jordanwardle11]

​@@DivyanshBalchandaniless work. If you were to have separate characters for prologue, then they would double the work for no reason so 5 characters instead of 3. Then, if you go that route, you may as well have brad be playable. That's now 6 characters to work on

[@DivyanshBalchandani]

@@jordanwardle11 All characters are already playable, as you can do so in Director Mode. I do not see how they would have to put any more work than that, especially since M & T are only accessible in one mission. They could be separate characters that inherit the animations of their later versions, and that's it. Taking the same characters, switching their models, resetting their stats, turning on special, etc seems like more work to me than just having a character with all these attributes already. My assumption is that the game has certain considerations for each character. Like, if you're controlling Trevor, the game is different than when you're controlling Michael. An example of that is how the flare from the sun changes depending on what character you are controlling. So, essentially, when you switch characters, you might be changing the entire game world in some ways. In such a case, adding all those properties to a different character for one mission would be a pain.

[@pixllo]

I was impressed that you could max out lung capacity in prologue.

[@goldfish587]

Me to

[@3mmmmmm]

And that mightve been the reason lung capacity was kept, because since they didnt think you would be able to swim, they might not have programmed it to reset, since it would still be the starting value on a normal run

[@Stopcommentingthesamecomments]

​@@3mmmmmmbut they all were kept not just lung capacity u goober

[@cpt-cheese3489]

someone didn’t watch the entire video before replying

[@Lxk3ez]

@@Stopcommentingthesamecommentscalm down

[@danielnowacki2020]

I love the prologue shark as a new DarkViperAU character. Fingers crossed for fanart

[@useless-real]

Finally a new character in the DVCU

[@rhysbaker2595]

THERE ARE NO SHARKS IN MISSIONS, CHAT!

[@murattyngo]

Read it when voiceover telling this lol

[@muratonuryilmaz5385]

You have to do with rule34

[@JustASimplePerson1]

​@@muratonuryilmaz5385😨

[@LordHengun]

32:04 I really appreciate the "hardware plugged in sound isn't from my computer" message

[@goldfish587]

lol you’re right

[@Yesiloveburritos]

Beat me to it. But i also appreciate the editor's care for our sanity.

[@RetroOnSpeedDial]

@@leonart31nobody cares

[@RetroOnSpeedDial]

@@leonart31 there is nothing funnier than a Linux guy telling someone they're not fun at parties

[@fr34k09]

idk why I was expecting "there are no sharks in missions" when he saw the shark and go "WHAT?!"

[@parknich081]

i was too

[@lady_pufferfish]

SINCE WHEN ARE THERE SHONKS IN MISSIONS????

[@omggkawaiiangeI]

Amelia Watson subscriber, based

[@DamianQualshy]

imagine being able to 100% the lung capacity in Prologue but NOT driving 💀💀💀

[@LetrixAR]

You can

[@GelatinCoffee]

too bad they didn't include an intelligence stat as well. Michell and Trevor might have had the sense to keep their maxed stats then...

[@YoureMadBozo71]

@@GelatinCoffee idk about Michell but definitely Trevor

[@Blahsheep]

You can, he says in the video that it would take 50 near misses with the two cars that drive by for 1%.

[@whohan779]

@@Blahsheep So 100*(100-initialstat) near misses or about 3k replays for an average runner. Yeah, very tedious.

[@LucasDakami]

I was half expecting him to immediately say "THERE ARE SHARKS IN PROLOGUE?!?" and have a repeat offense on our case.

[@Raxarion]

30:37 Never expected a jumpscare in Matto's video

[@fantaconsumer]

W warning

[@hhere2stay]

thanks 4 da warning

[@real_nickessss]

Bro i thought i was going insane cuz no one was talking about it💀💀💀

[@Hitoshuratdn]

It's funny because if you played Alan Wake 2 you would see it coming

[@ShinjiSings]

Matto talking about stats made me realize, that a "0 Skill Run" would be interesting. All stats always on 0 or at most on 1% for every character.

[@dynastyconflate3379]

I mean, probably the only thing that would be gotten over speedrunner strats from doing this would be walking everywhere. Not running (stamina stat) or driving (driving stat), just walking. But I'm not sure that'd be very interesting to watch...

[@ShinjiSings]

there might be more to it. Less strength/stamina means less durability. You can't really Dive. Driving/Flying gets harder. Almost no special abilities

[@agustinfranco0]

@@dynastyconflate3379i think he means like, something that locks all skills on 1%, you can do everything but never increase it

[@cokedripp]

​@@ShinjiSingsidk how bad 1% is but id imagine trying to shoot somebody (or a pilot out of a heli) would be a nightmare (im pretty sure the accuracy is all bloom and the better the stat the less bloom? idk for sure tho)

[@andries4561]

​@@cokedrippWell you have your answer

[@1wayydeon]

Who else here in 2018

[@MaggieT548]

I wish😭

[@karimasala4689]

I’m here from 2016

[@alexalexandru691]

I'm from 2017.99

[@CapyMakesVideos]

Greetings from 1890👋🏻

[@ManchesterUtdz]

Here in 1899 (rdr2 reference)

[@froggiezozo]

Maybe an alt to this could be MaxStat% ? instead of trying to get max stats in the first mission, just see how fast you can get MaxStats (real time) knowing all the weird things you know about the game?

[@CrackerWhacker1]

This would be awesome

[@agustinfranco0]

yup, but i hardly think he will ever try to do lung and stealth again lol

[@Devil_maybe]

I am really glad this video is doing better than some of the videos have been doing on the channel lately

[@frylerthefrygod]

I have really bad thalassophobia, like I can not go into the deep ocean in gta or most other games, it is one of the only things in games that actually gives me goose bumps, sharks don’t exactly scare me but when I’m in an ocean and I see their fin but not their body I get shivers down my spine

[@maalikserebryakov]

Stop being a wuss. Imagine trevor is watching you and threatens to diddle you if you don’t dive.

[@Chill-zen]

I don't have it but I know that must be tough for you. And did you play story mode on GTA? Cuz I know there's like 4-5 missions where you have to go into deep waters

[@johnmoore8627]

3:28 WHAT?! THERE ARENT SHARKS IN MISSIONS!

[@jere.nurkka]

I guess the end of the map shark is there.

[@btf_flotsam478]

THIS IS MILLIONS TO ONE, THIS IS-

[@NameisCrazyDave]

​@jere.nurkka it's a reference to when he died from a cougar

[@GelatinCoffee]

but are hot sharks in your area??

[@RZ_2K]

THERE ARE SHARKS IN PROLOGUE?

[@vojtechstrnad1]

Love the music selection for the shark scene.

[@ChannelMiner]

jaws and prowler lmao

[@drunkenhobo8020]

​@@ChannelMiner? It's Paranoid by Black Sabbath.

[@bobthebuilder9509]

The music selection from Driver: San Francisco during the latter half was a surprise, but it’s certainly a welcome one.

[@TheIntimidatory]

​@@bobthebuilder9509Timestamp please.

[@caliqm2199]

I'm really glad you brought back HTSE,this was the best Trevor% you've done this year.

[@lordvader2438]

Love the fact he is playing paranoid in the back ground at the lunge capacity part 11:53

[@KyleNamiteVlogs]

It's nice to see a fellow Black Sabbath listener in the comments section

[@WSilby]

32:04 i appreciate the warning saying its not my computer as some other youtubers keep discord notifications on and it messes with my mind. Good Job

[@MorgFlame]

44:30: that might be the greatest stunt jump in gta 5 history 😂

[@egis4500]

Insane

[@alexandredaigle8479]

my mouth physically dropped open watching that

[@FalconGT3]

"So it would seem..."

[@hotstepper8988]

5mins in and I’m hooked… faded out in the ocean, ominous music and the dark outline of the advancing predator… GoodLuck bud.

[@SamuelButcher]

Thought this video would just be a wonky idea, but it really became interesting watching you and chat leverage your immense knowledge of the quirks of the game. Terrific stuff!

[@Communistdaughter]

The editing on this video was great props to the editor

[@TitaniumTurbine]

I suppose but the editor keeps excessively zooming in on him a lot. Probably more of his cam featured than the game itself. I mean 8:01 - 8:41 is a good example. I just want to see the game.

[@redtiger4681]

the editing is god tier trash hes only zooming in and out from matt webcam like its the only thing the editor knows to do.

[@ApexToby]

Great video! Love your content and bizarre sense of humour Matto. Your videos give me motivation to try getting max stats as soon as possible in GTA V for example. But I won’t end up doing it because I miss one thing - 10:29.

[@mosthiphopp]

THESE ARE THE LONG GTA 5 VIDEOS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR🙏🙏🙏

[@littlechicken3338]

I always love these random challenge videos :)

[@RealCeltySturluson]

22:16 man that reminds me of the cougar runs when he’s say he hasn’t lost a tire he immediately losses a tire

[@Flowreac]

1:00:49 now that was some great circular story telling! the once prey of the shark, becomes the shark Had fun watching! I appreciate the time and effort that went into it!

[@doomslayerisunderurbed]

3:40 "Maybe it's a friendly shark" Famous last words

[@Marinerthekod]

30:37 The jumpscare got me 😭😭 Why Matto

[@rchaykovskiy]

Didn't get me because of that goddamn ad

[@jonasastrom7422]

This was such a good geek video, that almost ruined me

[@MrTimPL]

You can't use special ability under water(because it becomes lung capacity). I thought the DARKVIPERAU would know this from that one episode of Pacifist(Derailed).

[@michelgunni1090]

merryweather fleets here bro

[@El_Butcher_666]

30:37, love the Alan Wake 2 reference

[@yellowbat79]

This is the speedrun to lead you on...

[@StevenF8]

@@yellowbat79 It's not a loop, its a spiral.

[@bullet_train10]

Didn't love it at 4am in a pitch black room o_o

[@murr4671]

Did Michael and Trevor fall into Cauldron Lake?

[@El_Butcher_666]

@@murr4671 Oh my God, yes. That would explain why they're doing the prologue heist over and over again, they're trapped in a spiral. And how under the place they're robbing is deep water.

[@Creepson_]

Matto just explained the concept of islands to us with that Yankton being way outside the map part

[@JRC99]

10:04 PARANOID! Edit: followed by Highway Star! Music is so on point

[@D3FNC]

And born to be wild!

[@untsynn]

21:37 i love that flash edit

[@Henrix1998]

I, too, like flashing

[@itsg-steezy1777]

21:26 FlashViperAU

[@killercaos123]

I just got done watching the rambles from 14 hours ago. Now I’m here.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

FOURTEEN HOURS????

[@smlik]

​@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep FROM it wasn't 14 hours bro 😭😭

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

@@smlik FOURTEEEEEEEEN

[@smlik]

@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep NO

[@swolpingu3436]

relaxing, perfect dark viper vid until the 30:27 incident

[@stickman3214]

You actually got scared by that? Lmao

[@kkay000]

Every copy of DarkViperAU is personalised.

[@Skilital]

it made me sad

[@andreeeee517]

12:32 this swimming part definitely left me Paranoid :D

[@FalconGT3]

I see what you did there

[@11531337]

11:04 using the Rock n Roll Racng version of Paranoid in the background is a sweet nostalgia touch 👍🏻

[@viadmelo]

Matt doing Statsmaxxing

[@averagejignesh8406]

Bye bye

[@godzillano.1945]

​@@averagejignesh8406pedomaxxing

[@j0seph_isntreal]

@@averagejignesh8406 🤫🧏

[@Leon.Stanic]

Yo Matt

[@ici_ici7959]

Your videos allways make my day matto, i know you arent doing great recently and i hope you get better soon

[@Weirdo_Studios206]

Gasp, a video without a clickbaity facial expression in the thumbnail. I like it.

[@spookyscaryskeletonsmith2840]

Michael starts with 81% Stealth in Prologue because he thought he was a sneaky bastard.

[@sasapletl4404]

that Flash edit was smooth af, props to the editor

[@MakHoles]

I love that black Sabbath is used in the music in the video

[@eliotrousseau1911]

Haven't watched tho whole thing yet but I have to say that I LOVE the whole "trying weird challenges" that you are doing recently

[@UnfixingBog]

Great video! Loved the editing

[@applewatch906]

This is some of the best editing I’ve seen from one of your videos🙌🏾

[@Cheese_munchlington]

Thats the first shark death in prologue in gta5 history

[@ShadowSentry211]

12:19 “did he disappear, is he afraid?” famous last words

[@KingCrooler]

2:41 Ayy Thats my Trick thx for using it!

[@kanegamer5595]

1:01:43 there’s 2 titans on the military base. If you are able to open the back door, you can get the red car inside the titan, fly away, and lose the cops. Afterwards some under the bridges should be possible with the titan or you could do landing strats. The harder part would be to open the back door, which I know some ways to open the back doors were patched for online but I’m not sure they were for GTA5. Some options could be using the natural spawn C4, punching the back of the titan, using a bat to open the door, or even ramming the car hard enough into the titan

[@DarkViperAU]

I am fairly sure this is online only stuff. Feel free to give it a go.

[@Linckel]

@@DarkViperAU You could also transport the car in the Benson Truck and the Buzzard on top of it, or the Buzzard on the train and you follow with the car.

[@coltforceplayer]

We gotta love the “Out-of-bounds Shark” that guards the seas for people like Matto trying to max his lung capacity

[@morssusurri8316]

This really was an amazing video, so much time spent is insane

[@Yanik-Edits]

Been waiting for this for ages🔥

[@Mrnotfound0]

30:39 I am watching this video at 4 in the morning and this got me

[@strongerthanever2039]

How is Viper's chat consistently so much funnier than him?

[@aDrifterr]

Cool vid keep up the good work

[@Toadette8394]

The concept of falling through a wall in a game and just diving into an endless ocean in the void without knowing about it beforehand sounds TERRIFYING, even without the shark

Classic Matto content is back. Awesome.

[@catpissmayne]

Matt we love you and please don't quit what you're doing, if it's mentally effective then please take a break for yourself, this in entirely unrelated from the video and I mean no harm by this. love ya matto:)

[@garrettferry8266]

Editing on point with this one 👍

[@Raz-q2r]

videos like this are one of my favorite things in the world

[@Fireheart318]

That jumpscare actually caught me off guard. Not sure if I’m mad at you or mad at myself lol

[@gamergodeighty1686]

Beat gta5 with no stats?

[@OGTyLoc]

Congratulations you were the reason he did a speedrun last night with stats disabled

[@thamersharfi4564]

Such a good video well done boys

[@ninelored]

Michael having high stealth makes total sense for complications

[@Harley92820]

And it just fits his character in general

[@zerrierslizer1]

WAY back, i died to a shark in the prologue mission, my first playthrough. noone believed me. *THIS VIDEO PROVES IT IS POSSIBLE, AND THAT I DIDNT LIE LMFAO!!*

[@redthewifeyhunter4034]

Fun fact: If you face your character at the Shark, he will never attack as the shark only attacks from behind. So you can glitch out the shark until he gets the upper hand

[@AZZYYBOYYY]

Whos here in 1899 with me and the van der linde gang

[@pancake-ug2qv]

Yoo i remember you I'm with agent milton

[@abdirahmanali-ic2sp]

​@pancake-ug2qv You an op fr

[@joshh18052]

that jump scare at 30:36 was just uncalled for :(

[@JasonMaloneStan]

Day 1009 of asking DarkviperAU to play GTA Chinatown Wars.

[@MajkaSrajka]

Keep fighting the good fight!

[@rayer2]

You went from 999 to 1009?

[@fishycarrots5968]

damn I missed day 1000! which video was it at 1k?

[@fredohonius]

He was awful at 3d era games, I don't think that would be much better

[@Iamwtfboi]

​@@fredohoniusis GTAV not 3d? Oh wait, 3D HD

[@zCREz]

I love imagining these challenges from a canonical pov, like just imagine frank fucing off to do 50 crazy stunt jumps or mess around the military base for no obvious reason, before arriving at simeons... 😂😂

[@Quinten_exe]

Now I want to see a straight up max stats speedrun. Getting max on all characters using any means necessary, as fast as possible.

[@SebasTian58323]

Shooting increases by landing hits on enemies, scoring head-shots, and successfully completing Shooting Range challenges

[@bedro_0]

there is paranoid by black sabbath in this video? would that not be copyrighted? edit: Highway star by deep purple?

[@cloud99955]

Maybe not since its instrumental. Ive seen other channels use instrumental music from bands like pink floyd.

[@mono666]

Who else watching in 2004?

[@Joseph_Vissarionovic_Stalin]

Nah, I'm watching in 2056. GTA 6 is still getting delayed

[@SmokingToilet007]

I'm watching in 2004

[@Fnafplush112]

@@Joseph_Vissarionovic_Stalinnah I’m in 5055 and gta 6 is still delayed

[@brucewaynegothamleader]

@@Fnafplush112I’m in 9999 and they barely started on GTA 6

[@Zee3xten7ed]

Thanks for the informations time travellers

[@Nick-Putz]

This video was a blast Matto! Really enjoyed it

[@troysmithgaming]

adding a random old people jumpscare to your gta 5 video is truly fucking hilarious i love this channel

[@broston_]

omg cynthia weaver from alan wake 2 hi

[@CalebGill-l3p]

Who else here from 2013

[@EliasUnscripted]

whos watching in 2027??

[@xgod_rayzz]

Nahh bro watching in 2069🗿

[@Fewix_]

Me

[@undyinglich6326]

This guy is

[@DatBoiOliver]

I’m watching in 1438

[@Coconut-ohio]

This is gonna skyrocket in 2027 fr💀

[@sarrveshwaranvikneswaran5389]

I was shocked when i heard this was your first video. Amazing commentary, editing, content. This guy has a future in youtube.

[@xyz-boner]

naw u an npc

[@evanjuniorfluffy]

I watched all of this waiting for 1 person in my gta online prep mission

[@JinglesVR777]

Who else is here in 1843

[@freshy7274]

who’s watching in 2045

[@nukepotato4971]

Damn the video seems like a big youtuber made it, the personality and editing, the I see the views, you deserve more views dude

[@markellii3093]

Its amazing how quickly we got content like this on this game considering how recently it got released.

[@mirkopavlovic3566]

Who else in 1941

[@vule2327]

🤽‍♂️🤽‍♂️🤽‍♂️🤽‍♂️🤽‍♂️🤽‍♂️🤽‍♂️🤽‍♂️🤽‍♂️ - 🤽‍♂️🤽‍♂️

[@FBAGameplayHonorableGamer]

41:58 - "I'll do Franklin" 😂nice comment @TrevorPhilips - hahaha, just realised how good that is out of context 😂

[@hexadecimal973]

The edits were really funny, amazing video as always. Keep it up man

[@Luvilli]

watching matto be murdered by a shark releatedly while hugging a blåhaj is weirdly funny to me

[@Anon119]

11:32 holy shit that's paranoid, matto is becoming a metalhead

[@lancekings3206]

Pushing the stunt plane is such a classic in my head i would do that all the time as Trevor when i first played

[@Guigui-s2o]

Rob to a bank = ❌ Making glitches with a shark= ☑️

[@Mamelouk_Z]

the editing is so smooth, I could watch hours of it.

[@bIoodlust]

Currently watching this at 8:99am on the 34th of December 2014 rn

[@Kellestial]

Getting killed in prologue by a shark should 100% be in facts and glitches… that is epic

[@ok-ff6pp]

i love those finding out if videos, definetly my fav typa video ❤❤